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accession number: 1988.159
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Battlefield of New Hope Church, Georgia, No. 2, 1865–1866. George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 25.4 x 35.6 cm (10 x 14 in.); matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1988.159
title: Battlefield of New Hope Church, Georgia, No. 2
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creation date: 1865–1866
creation date earliest: 1865
creation date latest: 1866
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: America, 19th century
technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative
department: Photography
collection: Photography
type: Photograph
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CREATORS
* George N. Barnard (American, 1819–1902) - artist
George N. Barnard American, 1819 - 1902
Born in Connecticut, in 1843 George Barnard opened one of America's first daguerreotype studios in Oswego, New York, shortly after the invention of photography. Ten years later, he produced a daguerreotype of the Ames Mill fire in Oswego (now in the collection of George Eastman House, Rochester). Considered the first news photograph, this image was reproduced as an engraving and circulated widely, gaining Barnard the public's attention.
In 1854 Barnard moved his studio to Syracuse, where he began to use the collodion process. By the time of the Civil War, he had been hired by Mathew Brady and soon met many other fellow photographers—including Timothy O'Sullivan and Alexander Gardner, who also had adopted the wet plate process and whose work during these years paralleled Barnard's. Over the course of his career, he had several professional partners, including Alonzo C. Nichols and James F. Gibson.
Barnard's Civil War work is probably his best known. In 1864 he was appointed official photographer for General William T. Sherman's march to the sea, a position that resulted in the 61 plates that constitute his Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign (1866). A classic work of photographic reportage, its somewhat romantic style is quite distinct from that of his colleagues. After the war, Barnard operated a studio in Chicago, which was destroyed by the Great Fire of 1871 -- a scene that he photographed. He later worked briefly with George Eastman and from 1884-86 operated a studio in Painesville, Ohio, before his death in New York state. T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 25.4 x 35.6 cm (10 x 14 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Photographs: Recent Acquisitions
opening date: 1989-03-17T05:00:00
Photographs: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-May 14, 1989).
title: Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 1996-11-24T05:00:00
Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).
title: BIG: Photographs from the Collection
opening date: 2016-06-04T04:00:00
BIG: Photographs from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 12-October 9, 2016).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'The Documentary Photograph as a Work of Art: American Photographs, 1860-1876. The David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (October 13-December 12, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-10-13T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Photography: The First Eighty Years. P & D Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, UK (October 27-December 1, 1976).', 'opening_date': '1976-10-27T00:00:00'}
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
David and Alfred Smart Gallery, Joel Snyder, and Doug Munson. The Documentary Photograph As a Work of Art: American Photographs, 1860-1876. [Chicago]: David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, 1976.
page number: p. 41, no. 3
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P. & D. Colnaghi & Co, Howard Ricketts, and Harry Lunn. Photography: The First Eighty Years : [Catalogue of an Exhibition] 27 October to 1 December 1976. London: P. & D. Colnaghi, 1976.
page number: exh. cat. no. 239, p. 142
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
page number: Reproduced: P. 92
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IMAGES
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full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1988.159/1988.159_full.tif