12-Pound Howitzer Captured by the 17th Regiment, New York Volunteers, Hanover, Virginia, 1862
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Artifact Overview
Mathew Brady provided extraordinary documentation of the American Civil War by bringing photographers and a portable photographic studio right to the battlefields. Many of these images were reproduced and sold as carte-de-visite photographs or stereographs (which appeared three-dimensional when viewed through a stereoscope), bringing--for the first time--scenes of war and its harsh realities directly into American homes.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
1862
Subject Date
27 May 1862
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Photographed by Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
00.1754.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.5 in
Width: 4 in
Inscriptions
Printed under image on front side of card:
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by M.B. Brady, in the Clerk's Office of the / District Court of the District of Columbia
Adhered label on back which describes the image on front:
BRADY'S ALBUM GALLERY / No. 417 / 12 lb. Howitzer, captured by 17th Regt. N.Y.V. / COL. H.S. LANSING / At the Battle of Hanover Court House, from Captain Latham's / Rebel Battery; weight 1458 pounds / The Photographs of this series were taken directly from nature, at con- / siderable cost. Warning is therefore given that legal proceedings will / be at once instituted against any party infringing the copyright.
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