A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania – Antique Wall Art
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Unlike most scenes from the field at Gettysburg, this one shows a dead Confederate sharpshooter lying among boulders near Devil's Den, his rifle beside him. Alexander Gardner's crew made the photograph in the days after the fighting ended in early July 1863. Historians have since noted that the photographers moved the body and the rifle to make a more striking composition, a practice that raised questions about how battlefield pictures were arranged. The image was reproduced widely, and its title, which casts the death as a peaceful sleep, shows how photographers and publishers shaped the public's view of the war.
| Original scan | 2,400 × 1,803 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 00088u |
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