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 College: Gift of Scott Osman, Class of 1980
PH.2004.80.32
Printer
Alexander Gardner
Publisher
Philp & Solomons Publishers, Washington, D.C.
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Classification
Photograph
Not on view
Inscription
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.
Provenance
Scott Osman, New York, New York; given to present collection, 2004.
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