Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg

David Knox

Date

1864, printed 1865
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Contributors

Printed by Alexander Gardner
Dimensions

Image: 6 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.
Mount: 12 x 15 5/8 in.
Inscriptions

mount recto:
printed: Negative by DAVID KNOX. \ 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. \ MORTAR DICTATOR, IN FRONT OF PETERSBURG. \ No. 75. \ October, 1864.
Credit Line

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

P1984.30.75
Copyright

Public domain

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

Location: Off view

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