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Alexander Gardner

1821

WA-00113460

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MoMA Smithsonian

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2079
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1994.91.31
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Alexander Gardner was a Scottish-American photographer who immigrated to the United States in 1856, where he began to work full-time in that profession. He is best known for his photographs of the American Civil War, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, and of the conspirators and the execution of the participants in the Lincoln assassination plot.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

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Artworks (15)

Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond

1865 · Albumen silver prints from glass negatives

16.3 x 36.9 cm (6 7/16 x 14 1/2 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Queen Emma of Hawaii and Her Entourage

1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 14 1/8 × 17 15/16 in. (35.9 × 45.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Naval Blockade

1865 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 7 in. × 9 5/8 in. (17.8 × 24.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Bridge at Chesterfield, North Anna, Virginia

1864 · albumen print on paper

height: 195 cm, width: 249 cm

Rijksmuseum

Quarles' Mill, North Anna, Virginia

1864 · Albumen print, pl. 67 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

Image/paper: 17.7 × 23 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.1 × 44.6 cm (12 1/4 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 2

1863 · Albumen silver prints from glass negatives

Image: approx. 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.8 cm), each Sheet: 12 1/4 × 15 5/8 in. (31.1 × 39.7 cm) 12 3/4 × 17 3/8 × 2 in. (32.4 × 44.1 × 5.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Studying the Art of War

1863 · Albumen print, pl. 45 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

Image/paper: 17.7 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.1 × 44.7 cm (12 1/4 × 17 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 1

1863 · Albumen silver prints from glass negatives

Image: approx. 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.8 cm), each Sheet: 12 1/4 × 15 5/8 in. (31.1 × 39.7 cm) 12 3/4 × 17 3/8 × 2 in. (32.4 × 44.1 × 5.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg

1863 · Albumen print, pl. 41 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

17.7 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

1863 · Albumen print, pl. 40 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

Image/paper: 17.7 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.2 × 44.8 cm (12 5/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia

1863 · Albumen print, pl. 91 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

Image/paper: 17.7 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.2 × 44.7 cm (12 5/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. Greenhow and Daughter, Imprisoned in the Old Capitol, Washington

1862 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

What Do I Want, John Henry?

1862 · Albumen print, pl. 27 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

17.7 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Burnside Bridge, Across Antietam Creek, Maryland

1862 · Albumen print, pl. 20 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

Image/paper: 17.8 × 22.9 cm (7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.2 × 44.6 cm (12 5/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Indians with Government Agents

1860 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 7 9/16 × 9 1/2 in. (19.2 × 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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15 published of 80 catalogued · 78 with image

Art Institute Chicago
7 published7 img
The Met
7 published7 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 65 catalogued, not yet published

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The Bridge at Chesterfield, North Anna, Virginia
1864 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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