id:			156000
accession number:	1991.283
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.283
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:11.948000

Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War: Military Bridge, Across the Chickahominy, Virginia, 1862. David B. Woodbury (American, 1866). Albumen print, gold toned, from wet collodion negative; image: 17.7 x 23 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1991.283

title:				Military Bridge, Across the Chickahominy, Virginia
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series:				Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketchbook of the War
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creation date:			1862
creation date earliest:		1862
creation date latest:		1862
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	albumen print, gold toned, from wet collodion negative
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 19th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* David B. Woodbury (American, 1866)  - artist
David B. Woodbury American, d. 1866

David Woodbury was one of the many lesser known photographers of the American Civil War. Employed by Mathew Brady, he is known to have photographed in Virginia. Woodbury later worked for Alexander Gardner, and one of his views appears in Gardner's famous volume Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War (1866). T.W.F.
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measurements: Image: 17.7 x 23 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on recto: "23"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   1996-11-24T05:00:00
	<i>Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 24, 1996-February 2, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA, November 20,1996 - February 2, 1997: "Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art."', 'opening_date': '1997-02-02T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York, NY)
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: February 24, 1992
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. <em>Catalogue of Photography</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 399
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IMAGES

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