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John Reekie — A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, pl. 94 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

John Reekie

A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, pl. 94 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

1865

Part of Gardner's landmark photographic documentation of the Civil War, Reekie's haunting image confronts viewers with the grim reality of battlefield casualties through the emerging medium of photography.

Medium
Albumen print

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John Reekie, A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, pl. 94 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866), 1865

Part of Gardner's landmark photographic documentation of the Civil War, Reekie's haunting image confronts viewers with the grim reality of battlefield casualties through the emerging medium of photography.

Medium
Albumen print
Year
1865
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Nineteenth Century, Monochrome, Burial, Albumen Print, Documentary, American, Photograph, Melancholic, Post-War, War

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