Dutch Gap Canal, James River, Virginia, Plate 87 from Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, Volume II
John Reekie, American, active 1860's
March 1864; print 1865
Albumen print from a wet collodion negative
Overall: 13 1/8 × 18 in. (33.4 × 45.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Scott Osman, Class of 1980
PH.2004.80.32
Printer
Alexander Gardner
Publisher
Philip & Solomons Publishers, Washington, D.C.
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, in black ink, lower center, below image: Negative by J. Reekie Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. Positive by A. GARDNER, 511 7th St., Washington,; printed, in black ink, lower center: DUTCH GAP CANAL, JAMES RIVER, VIRGINIA.; printed, in black ink, lower left: No. 87.; printed, in black ink, lower right: March, 1864.
Course History
HIST 7.32, Civil War Photographs, Robert Bonner, Winter 2022
Provenance
Scott Osman, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2004.
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