No. 96—Burying the Dead

May 12, 1864

Andrew Joseph Russell

Associated Names
Andrew Joseph Russell

Artist, American, 1829 - 1902

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 22.8 × 32.4 cm (9 × 12 3/4 in.)
    mount: 26.5 × 35.1 cm (10 7/16 × 13 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2026.1.30

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Culver Pictures, Inc., New York. Ron Perisho, Gettysburg, PA; NGA purchase, 2026.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

across bottom of mount printed in black ink on applied paper: No. 96.—BURYING THE DEAD--CASUALTIES OF THE BATTLES OF "THE WILDERNESS" AND "SPOTTSYLVANIA [sic] COURT HOUSE." / Fredericksburgh [sic], May 12, 1864.; on verso, by unknown hand, top left in graphite perpendicular: 0A47170; top right: 228; center in blue ink on applied paper: 2653; center printed in red ink on applied paper: CULVER / SERVICE; lower right stamped in black ink: Culver Pictures, Inc. / 600 First Avenue / New York 16, N. Y. / This Picture is loaned for / one reproduction only. [illegible] not / be used for advertising without / written permission. / Original must be returned / within 30 days.

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