Incidents of the War: A Harvest of Death – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Incidents of the War: A Harvest of Death. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Incidents of the War: A Harvest of Death
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Unlike the battle views on this board, this image turns from the fighting to its aftermath, showing the bodies of soldiers left in a field near the town. Alexander Gardner's studio made it in the days after the fighting ended on July 3, 1863, and it was later published in Gardner's *Photographic Sketch Book of the War*, where its title, "A Harvest of Death," gave the scene a stark, almost pastoral framing. Historians have since questioned how much the photographers arranged or moved the bodies for the camera, which makes the picture as much a question about wartime image-making as a record of the field.
| Original scan | 2,400 × 2,277 px · prints to 8 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
|---|---|
| Reference | 00168u |
More from the Gettysburg collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![The harvest of death - Gettysburg, July 4, 1863 [Dead soldiers and horses on battlefield]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/46/460a80dd489d-400.webp)
