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Alexander Gardner — Quarles' Mill, North Anna, Virginia
Alexander Gardner

Quarles' Mill, North Anna, Virginia

1864

Capturing the war-torn Virginia landscape, Gardner's photograph demonstrates how Civil War documentation evolved beyond battlefield scenes to include the conflict's broader environmental impact.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 67 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

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Alexander Gardner, Quarles' Mill, North Anna, Virginia, 1864

Capturing the war-torn Virginia landscape, Gardner's photograph demonstrates how Civil War documentation evolved beyond battlefield scenes to include the conflict's broader environmental impact.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 67 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
Year
1864
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Industrial, Monochrome, Photography, Albumen Print, Civil War, Documentary, American, Landscape, Sepia

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