Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War
Artist: Alexander Gardner (American (born Scotland), 1821-1882)
Artist: Various artists
Publisher: Philip & Solomons
Date: 1866 (photographs taken in 1863)
Dimensions:
sheet: 12 x 15 3/4 in. (30.5 x 40 cm)
Medium: books with 100 mounted albumen-silver prints with lithographed frames and captions
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Purchased with funds given by John Tiedtke
Object number: 2000.52A-B
DescriptionBound books (two volumes) with 100 mounted albumen-silver prints with lithographed frames and captions, letterpress text, lithographed title page in each volume, bound in brown morocco and gilt stamped.
Two volumes containing 100 albumen silver prints mounted on larger boards with lithographed frames and captions. Text is letterpress on separate sheets bound between the plates. Each album begins with a decorative lithographed titlepage, after drawings by A.R. Ward. Each volume is bound in brown morocco and gilt stamped.
Two volumes containing 100 albumen silver prints mounted on larger boards with lithographed frames and captions. Text is letterpress on separate sheets bound between the plates. Each album begins with a decorative lithographed titlepage, after drawings by A.R. Ward. Each volume is bound in brown morocco and gilt stamped.
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