The President (Abraham Lincoln) and General McClellan on the Battlefield of Antietam
Catalogue
- Year
- 1862
- Dimensions
- 19 1/2 × 15 3/4" (49.5 × 40.0 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Alexander Gardner
Artist
Printmaking
Alexander Gardner was a Scottish photographer active in the mid-19th century, known for his large-format landscape and portrait work during the early decades of the medium. Working primarily in albumen print and wet collodion processes, he documented both urban and rural subjects with a technical precision characteristic of his era. This profile will be expanded as more verified source material becomes available.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Alexander Gardner
- Year
- 1862
- Dimensions
- 19 1/2 × 15 3/4" (49.5 × 40.0 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1862-M048059
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified