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Brigadier General Gustavus A. DeRussy and Staff on Steps of Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia May 1864 Alexander Gard

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Brigadier General Gustavus A. DeRussy and Staff on Steps of Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia May 1864 Alexander Gardner American, Scottish Gardner was an expert in the new wet-collodion-on-glass-plate photographic process and was manager of Mathew B. Brady s Washington, D.C., portrait studio. He split with Brady in November 1862 and formed his own company, taking with him many of Brady s best photographers. Gardner and his corps, like Brady s, produced a vast photographic documentation of the Civil War.Here, Union soldiers pose for the camera in deliberately casual attitudes on the front steps of the Confederate commander Robert E. Lee s mansion, which was confiscated by the government in 1861. Laying blame-literally at Lee s doorstep-f Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-184551

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IMAGO/piemags

Date

22 janv. 2022

Crédit

Photo12/Imago

Notre référence

MGO25A00_004

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Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

8,2Mo (257,1Ko) / 16,5cm x 12,5cm / 1946 x 1473 (300dpi)

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Arlington Virgina May 1864 Alexander Gardner American Scottish Gardner was nexprt inthe nw wet-colldin-glass-plate photographic process and was manager ofMathew B.rady s Washington D.C. portrait studio. He split withBrady in November 1862and formed his own cmpany tking with him many of Bradys best photographers. Gadner and his corp like Brady s produced a vast photograic documentation of he Civil War.Here Union soldierspse forthe camera in deliberately casual attitdes on he frt steps ofth Conederate commandr Robert E. Le smansion which wasconfiscted by the government in 1861. Laying blame-literally at Lee s doorstp-for the vast sufferingof the Civil War the Union Army in 1864 began to bury its dead on Lee s property in what later became Arlington National Cemetery.. Brigadier General Gustavus A. DeRussy and Staff on Steps of Arlington House Arlington Virginia 264880 xkwx 2022 quer