A sepia-toned photograph of the skeletal remains of multiple people on a stretcher as men dig in the background.

A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia

John Reekie (active 1860s)

Date

1865, printed 1865
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Contributors

Printed by Alexander Gardner
Dimensions

Image: 6 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.
Mount: 12 x 15 5/8 in.
Inscriptions

mount recto:
printed: Negative by J. REEKIE. \ 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. \ Positive by A. GARDNER, 511 7th St., Washington. \ A BURIAL PARTY, COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA. \ No. 94. \ April, 1865.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1984.30.94
Copyright

Public domain

This artwork is part of Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War

Location: Off view

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