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Alexander Gardner (October 17, 1821 – December 10, 1882) was a Scottish 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 ...
Alexander Gardner worked as a staff photographer for General George B. McClellan, commander of the Army of the Potomac. O'Sullivan became a photographer attached to the topographical engineers, copying maps and plans and taking photographs in his spare time. He and Gardner followed the Union forces from November 1861 to April 1862. [9] [10]
Burying the Dead on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862 - photograph by Alexander Gardner (MET, 1970.537.1) Items portrayed in this file depicts.
Alexander Gardner: Antietam, Maryland, United States Showing the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam — the deadliest single day in the American Civil War [s 2] [s 3] The Scourged Back: c. 2 April 1863: McPherson & Oliver: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States One of the most widely distributed photos of the abolitionist movement. [s 3]
War photography. Bodies on the battlefield at Antietam, 1862, Alexander Gardner. War photography involves photographing armed conflict and its effects on people and places. Photographers who participate in this genre may find themselves placed in harm's way, and are sometimes killed trying to get their pictures out of the war arena.
Alexander Gardner, 1856 self-portrait. Alexander Gardner (1821–1882) was born in Paisley, Scotland. He became an apprentice silversmith jeweller at the age of fourteen. Soon, Gardner found out that his interests and talents lay in finance and journalism. When he was twenty-one he left the jeweler's shop for a job on the Glasgow Sentinel as a ...
This picture of Lincoln with McClellan and his officers was taken the morning after the President arrived in Antietam. [88] Alexander Gardner Digital file from original wet collodion glass negative Lincoln in McClellan's tent after the Battle of Antietam. Alexander Gardner [89] Cropped digital file from original wet collodion glass negative
Mathew Brady. Mathew Benjamin Brady[1] (c. 1822–1824 – January 15, 1896) was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America.