Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg, July 5, 1863

July 5, 1863

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Associated Names
Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Artist, American, born Ireland, 1840 - 1882

This is a sepia-toned photograph of a battlefield covered with people in dark uniforms lying on the ground in various positions, all appearing lifeless. The ground is covered in straw or dry grass, with a few scattered trees and a slightly blurred horizon in the background. Below the photograph are two lines of text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 17.3 x 22.3 cm (6 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 25.6 x 30.5 cm (10 1/16 x 12 in.)
    mount: 30.8 x 42 cm (12 1/8 x 16 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.133.111

  • Series Title

    Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War, Washington: Phillip and Solomons, 1866

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • Hambourg, Maria Morris. The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century. Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection. Exh. cat. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993.

Inscriptions

in letterpress, across bottom under image on mount: Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1866, 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. / Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg. / No. 37. July, 1863.

Wikidata ID

Q64169870

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