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A sepia-toned photograph of the skeletal remains of multiple people on a stretcher as men dig in the background.

A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia

John Reekie (active 1860s)

Object Details

  • Date

    1865, printed 1865

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Contributors

    Printed by Alexander Gardner

  • Dimensions

    Image: 6 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.
    Mount: 12 x 15 5/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    mount recto:

    printed: Negative by J. REEKIE. \ Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia. \ Positive by A. GARDNER, 511 7th St., Washington. \ A BURIAL PARTY, COLD HARBOR, VIRGINIA. \ No. 94. \ April, 1865.

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1984.30.94

  • Copyright

    Public domain

This artwork is part of Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War

Additional details

Location: Off view
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