Washington District of Columbia. 6-pdr. Wiard gun at the Arsenal – Antique Photo Print
(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.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Washington District of Columbia. 6-pdr. Wiard gun at the Arsenal. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Washington District of Columbia. 6-pdr. Wiard gun at the Arsenal
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A six-pounder Wiard gun, a light rifled piece, is the subject here, shown at the Washington Arsenal in 1862, the year the Union army was building up its artillery in the capital. Wiard guns were made by Norton Wiard's firm in Ohio and were among the many patterns the Army tested and issued during the war, with the six-pounder valued for its portability in field batteries. The picture was taken on a wet collodion glass negative, the process that dominated photography through the 1860s, which required the plate to be prepared and exposed while still damp. The photographer is credited as David B. Woodbury, who worked in Washington and documented military subjects during the conflict.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass wet collodion. |
| Notes | Photographer name attribution from Civil War caption books. Title from Civil War caption books. Caption from negative sleeve: Six Pounder wiard gun Wash. Arsenal 1862. See also: B817-7857. Forms part of Civil War glass negative collection (Library of Congress). · Woodbury D. B. (David B.) d. 1866 photographer. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Civil War Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,120 × 4,081 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-CIV-51502 |
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