[Black Soldier in Camp]
ca. 1863
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Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 6 in. × 8 7/16 in. (15.2 × 21.4 cm) Mount: 9 × 11 in. (22.9 × 27.9 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.1244
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Alexander Gardner · 1840–1882
Alexander Gardner was born on 17 October 1821 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and came of age in a culture shaped by radical social thought. Influenced by the cooperative ideals of Robert Owen, Gardner initially apprenticed as a jeweler and harbored dreams of founding a utopian community in America. His encounter with photography changed the course of his life. After seeing Mathew Brady's cele...