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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexander Gardner canonical | 4 |
| Alexander Gardner (photographer) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1796687 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Alexander Gardner Context triple: [Gardner, hasNotableBearer, Alexander Gardner]
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Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton was a pioneering 19th-century British photographer best known for producing some of the earliest and most influential war photographs.
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Samuel Charles Bugbee
Samuel Charles Bugbee was a 19th-century architect known for designing notable buildings in California, including early structures in San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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George Caleb Bingham
George Caleb Bingham was a 19th-century American painter best known for his iconic depictions of frontier life and river scenes along the Missouri River.
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Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt was a 19th-century American painter renowned for his grand, dramatic landscapes of the American West, associated with the Hudson River School and Luminism.
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Frederick Catherwood
Frederick Catherwood was a 19th-century English artist, architect, and explorer renowned for his detailed drawings and documentation of ancient Maya ruins in Central America.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Alexander Gardner Target entity description: 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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A.
Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton was a pioneering 19th-century British photographer best known for producing some of the earliest and most influential war photographs.
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B.
Samuel Charles Bugbee
Samuel Charles Bugbee was a 19th-century architect known for designing notable buildings in California, including early structures in San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley campus.
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C.
George Caleb Bingham
George Caleb Bingham was a 19th-century American painter best known for his iconic depictions of frontier life and river scenes along the Missouri River.
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D.
Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt was a 19th-century American painter renowned for his grand, dramatic landscapes of the American West, associated with the Hudson River School and Luminism.
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E.
Frederick Catherwood
Frederick Catherwood was a 19th-century English artist, architect, and explorer renowned for his detailed drawings and documentation of ancient Maya ruins in Central America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
person
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photographer ⓘ war photographer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American Civil War
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Mathew Brady Studio ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1821-10-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Paisley
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surface form:
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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| burialPlace | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| deathDate | 1882-12-10 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| documented |
Civil War military encampments
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Union Army officers and soldiers ⓘ execution of Lincoln assassination conspirators ⓘ |
| emigratedTo |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer |
Mathew Brady (photographer)
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surface form:
Mathew Brady
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| ethnicOrigin | Scottish ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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portrait photography ⓘ war photography ⓘ |
| influenced | development of American photojournalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
American Civil War photography
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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
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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
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| 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)
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surface form:
Mathew Brady
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| workedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
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Subject: Alexander Gardner Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (5)
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