Federal fortifications and camp – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Federal fortifications and camp in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Federal fortifications and camp
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Two glass plates make up this stereograph, one for each eye, so that a viewer using a stereoscope sees the fortifications and camp in three dimensions. The pair dates to 1861, the first year of the war, when Union forces were building earthworks and encampments around Washington after the attack on Fort Sumter. Wet collodion negatives like these had to be coated and exposed shortly before use, which makes early field views of this kind especially valuable to researchers. The Library of Congress once credited the set to Alexander Gardner, though that attribution is no longer considered certain.
| Created / published | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative (2 plates) : glass stereograph wet collodion. |
| Notes | Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Gardner Alexander 1821-1882 formerly attributed to this photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 4,390 × 5,120 px · prints to 15 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-48500 |
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