Studying the Art of War

Studying the Art of War

Photograph

Alexander Gardner

Maker
American, b. Scotland, 1821–1882

Studying the Art of War

Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. I, 1866.


June 1863
Albumen silver print, printed ca. 1866
Image: 7 × 9 1/16 in. (17.8 × 23 cm)
Mount: 12 5/8 × 16 7/8 in. (32 × 42.9 cm)
Museum accession
DescriptionGroup of Union officers. Sitters from left to right include Major William Ludlow, Colonel Ulric Dahlgren (standing, American, 1842–1864), Lt. Colonel Joseph Dickinson, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (Prussian, 1838–1917), and Lieutenant Frederick Rosencrantz (Swedish).
Inscriptions Printed on mount recto, BL: Alex. Gardner, Photographer,
Printed on mount recto, BC: Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia.
Printed on mount recto, BR: 511 Seventh Street, Washington.
Printed on mount recto, BC: Studying the Art of War.
Printed on mount recto, BL: No. 45.
Printed on mount recto, BR: Fairfax Court-House, June, 1863.

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