“Christopher Anderson, Priv. Co. F. 108 U.S.C.T.”
1865
Artist, American, active 1860s
Gayford & Speidel
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print (carte-de-visite)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 8.8 × 5.8 cm (3 7/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
mount: 10.2 × 6.3 cm (4 × 2 1/2 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.95.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, MI; (Thomas Harris, New York), c. 1995; NGA purchase, 2018.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2013
Photography and the American Civil War: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 1- September 2, 2013; The Gibbes Museum of Art, September 27, 2013- January 5, 2014; New Orleans Museum of Art, January 31- May 4, 2014
2019
The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.
Inscriptions
on verso, by unknown hand, top center in black ink: Christopher Anderson. / Prvt. Co. F. 108 U.S.C.I.; center: GAYFORD & SPEIDEL / PHOTOGRAPHERS / ROCK ISLAND, ILLS.; bottom center: All Negatives preserved and duplicates can be had / any time.