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Alexander Gardner

Alexander Gardner

1821

WA-00115763

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15

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16

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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

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Edward Steichen Photography Center

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1964

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50 Photographs by 50 Photographers

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1962

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30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1959

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Photographs from the Museum Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1958–1959

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The Exact Instant

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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Photographs of the Civil War and the American Frontier

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1942

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Three Centuries of American Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1938

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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: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (15)

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

Ruins of Gallego Flour Mills, Richmond

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

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

The Bridge at Chesterfield, North Anna, Virginia

The Bridge at Chesterfield, North Anna, Virginia

1864 · albumen print on paper

height: 195 cm, width: 249 cm

Quarles' Mill, North Anna, Virginia

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

Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia

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

Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 1

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

Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Volume 2

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

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

Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg

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

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

What Do I Want, John Henry?

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

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

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

1862 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Burnside Bridge, Across Antietam Creek, Maryland

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

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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