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Timothy O'Sullivan — Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg
Timothy O'Sullivan

Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg

1863

Marking the spot where Union General John Reynolds was killed on Gettysburg's first day, this photograph transforms an ordinary Pennsylvania field into hallowed ground. The seemingly peaceful landscape captured in this albumen print belies the violence that made this location historically significant.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 37 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)

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Timothy O'Sullivan, Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg, 1863

Marking the spot where Union General John Reynolds was killed on Gettysburg's first day, this photograph transforms an ordinary Pennsylvania field into hallowed ground. The seemingly peaceful landscape captured in this albumen print belies the violence that made this location historically significant.

Medium
Albumen print, pl. 37 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866)
Year
1863
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Monochrome, Albumen Print, Documentary, American, Photograph, Somber, Landscape, Historical, Modern, War

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