Group at the Sanitary Commission Fair, Albany, New York

Churchill and Denison Studios, Group at the Sanitary Commission Fair, Albany, New York, 1864, salted paper print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.40
Copied Churchill and Denison Studios, Group at the Sanitary Commission Fair, Albany, New York, 1864, salted paper print, sheet and image: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm.) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 1994.91.40
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Artwork Details

Title
Group at the Sanitary Commission Fair, Albany, New York
Artist
Attributed to Churchill and Denison Studios
Date
1864
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm.) oval
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
salted paper print
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure group — female
  • Landscape — New York — Albany
  • Ceremony — festival — Sanitary Commission Fair
Object Number
1994.91.40
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1994.91.40

Artwork Description

The United States Sanitary Commission was created during the Civil War to improve conditions for northern soldiers. Women who wanted to support the Union cause initially proposed the idea, but the organization of the Commission was left to doctors and political figures. Union ladies were delegated to fund-raising fairs in cities across the free states, where paintings, photographs, and other items were auctioned to support the war effort.

Exhibition Label, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2006