Photographic Sketch Book of the War

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Photographic Sketch Book of the War is a landmark 1860s photographic album by Alexander Gardner that documents the American Civil War through some of the earliest and most influential war photography.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical document
photobook
photographic album
alternativeName Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War NERFINISHED
author Alexander Gardner NERFINISHED
contains letterpress captions
mounted photographic prints
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Alexander Gardner NERFINISHED
depicts Union Army encampments
battlefields of the American Civil War
military fortifications
military leaders
war dead
documentationOf Union perspective on the American Civil War
format two-volume album
genre documentary photography
war photography
hasCaptionTextBy Alexander Gardner NERFINISHED
hasContributor James F. Gibson NERFINISHED
John Reekie NERFINISHED
Other photographers working for Alexander Gardner
Timothy H. O’Sullivan NERFINISHED
William R. Pywell NERFINISHED
hasInfluenced later documentary war photography
photojournalism
historicalPeriodDocumented American Civil War NERFINISHED
inCollection Library of Congress NERFINISHED
Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED
National Gallery of Art NERFINISHED
Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED
language English
medium albumen print
notableFor being one of the earliest published collections of war photography
influential depiction of the realities of war
numberOfPhotographs 100
numberOfVolumes 2
photographer Alexander Gardner NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1866
publicationPeriod 1860s
publisher Philip & Solomons NERFINISHED
relatedWork Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume I NERFINISHED
Gardner’s Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II NERFINISHED
subject American Civil War NERFINISHED
timeSpanDocumented 1861–1865
typeOfWork illustrated historical record

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Alexander Gardner notableWork Photographic Sketch Book of the War
Alexander Gardner published Photographic Sketch Book of the War