"Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia", c. 1862

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Medium

stereoscopic albumen print

Dimensions

image (each): 8 × 7.9 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

sheet: 8 × 15.8 cm (3 1/8 × 6 1/4 in.)
mount: 8.9 × 17.8 cm (3 1/2 × 7 in.)

Credit Line

Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation

Accession Number

2023.39.1

Artists / Makers

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries (artist) American, 1860 - 1875

E. & H.T. Anthony (publisher) American, 1862 - 1902

Image Use

This image is in the public domain.
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Inscription

by unknown hand, top left and top right of mount in graphite: 16; along left edge of mount printed in black ink: THE WAR FOR THE UNION.; along right edge: PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY.; by unknown hand, bottom center of image: 2297; bottom left of mount in graphite: SLAVE PEN, ALEXANDRIA, VA; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 22.6.RJL / AF07A; center printed in black ink: WAR VIEWS, / Slave Pen, Alexandria, VA / No. 2296. 97-98-99-2800 / PUBLISHED BY E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., / American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 591 Broadway, New York. / Negative by Brady & Co., Washington.

Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Kelbaugh, Ross J.