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Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia

Photography Studio Brady & Co. American
Publisher E. & H. T. Anthony American
1862
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Photography Studio: Brady & Co. (American, active 1840s–1880s)
  • Publisher: E. & H. T. Anthony (American)
  • Date: 1862
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
  • Dimensions: Image: 8 x 16 cm (3 1/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
    Mount: 8.4 x 17.5 cm (3 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2011
  • Object Number: 2011.476
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs
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