Refugees
May 14, 1862
Artist, American, born Scotland, 1828
Publisher, American
Artwork overview
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Medium
stereoscopic albumen prints
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Credit Line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 7.8 × 7.6 cm (3 1/16 × 3 in.)
mount: 10.1 × 17.8 cm (4 × 7 in.) -
Accession
2023.39.58
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
along left edge of mount printed in black ink: 1861 The War For the Union. 1865; along right edge: 1861 Photographic War History. 1865; lower right: 383. A Group of "Contrabands." / [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]; on verso, by unknown hand, lower right in graphite perpendicular: Gibson; by Ross Kelbaugh, lower right in graphite perpendicular: AF030F / 11.2021 RJLB [underlined]