Alexander Gardner

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Alexander Gardner was a 19th-century Scottish-American photographer best known for his iconic Civil War images and portraits of figures such as Abraham Lincoln.

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Alexander Gardner canonical 4
Alexander Gardner (photographer) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
photographer
war photographer
associatedWith American Civil War
Mathew Brady Studio
birthDate 1821-10-17
birthPlace Paisley
surface form: Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
burialPlace Washington, D.C.
citizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
deathDate 1882-12-10
deathPlace Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
documented Civil War military encampments
Union Army officers and soldiers
execution of Lincoln assassination conspirators
emigratedTo United States of America
surface form: United States
employer Mathew Brady (photographer)
surface form: Mathew Brady
ethnicOrigin Scottish
genre documentary photography
portrait photography
war photography
influenced development of American photojournalism
knownFor American Civil War photography
photographic documentation of the American Civil War battlefields
portraits of Abraham Lincoln
movement early photojournalism
name Alexander Gardner self-link
nationality Scottish-American
notableWork Photographic Sketch Book of the War
occupation photographer
opened own photographic studio in Washington, D.C.
photographed Abraham Lincoln
Allan Pinkerton
Allan Pinkerton and Abraham Lincoln at Antietam
Battle of Antietam
surface form: Battlefield of Antietam

Battle of Gettysburg
surface form: Battlefield of Gettysburg

Lewis Payne
Mary Surratt
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
surface form: William T. Sherman
publicationDate 1866
published Photographic Sketch Book of the War
residence Washington, D.C.
styleCharacteristic staged battlefield scenes in some photographs
timePeriod 19th century
workedFor Mathew Brady (photographer)
surface form: Mathew Brady
workedIn United States of America
surface form: United States

Washington, D.C.

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Gardner hasNotableBearer Alexander Gardner
this entity surface form: Alexander Gardner (photographer)
Devil's Den photographedBy Alexander Gardner
Sunken Road photographicallyDocumentedBy Alexander Gardner
Alexander Gardner name Alexander Gardner self-link