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VARIOUS CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHERS
Sketchbook of the Civil War and Selected Images
29 albumen prints, the majority printed by Alexander Gardner. 1862-1865. 3 by Alexander Gardner, including: What Do I Want, John Henry?, Warrenton, VA.; Alexander Gardner's Camp-Photographing Maps for the Army in the Field; and Lacy House, Falmouth, VA., 1 each by Mathew Brady, Field Hospital 1st Division 2nd Army Corps at Brandy Station; by James Gardner, Breaking Camp, Brandy Station; by David Knox, Mortar Dictator, Front of Petersburg; by John Reekie Extreme Line of Confederate Works, Cold Harbor, VA., 7 by Timothy O'Sullivan, including: Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station; Castle Murray, Near Auburn, Va.; Gateway of Cemetery, Gettysburg; Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, VA.; View of the Interior of Fort Stedman; Culpeper, VA.; and Quarters of Men in Fort Sedgwick, Generally Known as Fort Hell, 2 each by Barnard & Gibson, including: Ruins at Manassas Junction; and Ruins at Manassas; by William R. Pywell, including: Marshall House, Alexandria, VA.; and Slave Pen, Alexandria, VA.; by Wood & Gibson, including: Battery No. 1, Near Yorktown, VA.; and Moore House, Yorktown, VA.; by Bostwick Bros. Post Photographers, including: Headquarters of General Mott; and 86th New York Regiment, Col. Lansing; 8 by Anonymous Photographers, including: Humphrey & Staff; The Ruined Bridge at Bull Run; Manassas Junction; The Graveyard of Three Campaigns-Dead Brought to Fredericksburg, Va.; Gothic Style House; and 2 Views of Union Army Battalions. 8 mounted: 5 with printed credit, title, date and number on the typical Sketchbook mount (2 trimmed); 2 with inscribed credit and title in ink on the mount, 1 numbered in the negative (mount trimmed). Each approximately 5½ x 8in. and slightly larger. (30)
Sketchbook of the Civil War and Selected Images
29 albumen prints, the majority printed by Alexander Gardner. 1862-1865. 3 by Alexander Gardner, including: What Do I Want, John Henry?, Warrenton, VA.; Alexander Gardner's Camp-Photographing Maps for the Army in the Field; and Lacy House, Falmouth, VA., 1 each by Mathew Brady, Field Hospital 1st Division 2nd Army Corps at Brandy Station; by James Gardner, Breaking Camp, Brandy Station; by David Knox, Mortar Dictator, Front of Petersburg; by John Reekie Extreme Line of Confederate Works, Cold Harbor, VA., 7 by Timothy O'Sullivan, including: Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Brandy Station; Castle Murray, Near Auburn, Va.; Gateway of Cemetery, Gettysburg; Chesterfield Bridge, North Anna, VA.; View of the Interior of Fort Stedman; Culpeper, VA.; and Quarters of Men in Fort Sedgwick, Generally Known as Fort Hell, 2 each by Barnard & Gibson, including: Ruins at Manassas Junction; and Ruins at Manassas; by William R. Pywell, including: Marshall House, Alexandria, VA.; and Slave Pen, Alexandria, VA.; by Wood & Gibson, including: Battery No. 1, Near Yorktown, VA.; and Moore House, Yorktown, VA.; by Bostwick Bros. Post Photographers, including: Headquarters of General Mott; and 86th New York Regiment, Col. Lansing; 8 by Anonymous Photographers, including: Humphrey & Staff; The Ruined Bridge at Bull Run; Manassas Junction; The Graveyard of Three Campaigns-Dead Brought to Fredericksburg, Va.; Gothic Style House; and 2 Views of Union Army Battalions. 8 mounted: 5 with printed credit, title, date and number on the typical Sketchbook mount (2 trimmed); 2 with inscribed credit and title in ink on the mount, 1 numbered in the negative (mount trimmed). Each approximately 5½ x 8in. and slightly larger. (30)
Provenance
From a descendant of Brigadier-General James Monroe Deems (Union) and Reverend Charles Force Deems (Confederate).
Literature
Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, pls. 27, 29, 10, 9, 63, 75, 96, 60, 47, 39, 66, 84, 48, 83, 1, 2, 13, 15; O'Sullivan: America's Forgotten Photographer, p. 129; Mathew Brady's Illustrated History of the Civil War, p. 20; and Mathew Brady and His World, p. 207.