Incidents of the War: A Sharpshooter’s Last Sleep

Media - 2007.4.3 - SAAM-2007.4.3_1 - 67800
Copied Alexander Gardner, Incidents of the War: A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, 1863, albumen silver print, sheet and image: 6 7⁄8 x 8 7⁄8 in. (17.5 x 22.5 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2007.4.3
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Artwork Details

Title
Incidents of the War: A Sharpshooter’s Last Sleep
Artist
Date
1863
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet and image: 6 7⁄8 x 8 7⁄8 in. (17.5 x 22.5 cm)
Markings
printed on mount below image, lower left to lower right: ALEX. GARDNER, PHOTOGRAPHER, Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. GARDNER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia 571 7th Street, Washington printed on mount below inscription above: Incidents of the War. / A SHARPSHOOTERS LAST SLEEP. / Gettysburg, July, 1863. / Published by PHILP & SOLOMONS, WASHINGTON.
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Julia D. Strong Endowment
Mediums Description
albumen silver print
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure male — full length
  • History — United States — Civil War
  • State of being — death
Object Number
2007.4.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2007.4.3