President Lincoln Visiting the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Battlefield of Antietam, October 1862

Alexander Gardner American, Scottish

Printer E.B. Eaton

1862, printed 1907

Not on view

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Title: President Lincoln Visiting the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, Battlefield of Antietam, October 1862
Artist: Alexander Gardner (American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.)
Printer: E.B. Eaton
Date: 1862, printed 1907
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 50.5 x 34.6 cm. (19 7/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1971
Object Number: 1971.604
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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