May 22, 2007 - Sale 2115

Sale 2115 - Lot 208

Price Realized: $ 19,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 14,000 - $ 18,000
GARDNER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC SKETCHBOOK OF THE WAR
Select group of 12 views from the Sketchbook, featuring "Lincoln at Antietam Battlefield," "A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep," and "Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania." Albumen prints, all approximately 7x9 inches (17.8x22.9 cm.), on the two-toned Sketchbook mounts with photographer/printer credits, title, date, copyright, and plate number on mount recto. 1866

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"President Lincoln with McClellan on Battlefield of Antietam, Virginia." 1862. By Alexander Gardner (plate 23) "Field Where General Reynolds Fell, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania." 1863. By Timothy O'Sullivan (plate 37) "Studying the Art of War, Fairfax Court House." 1863. By Alexander Gardner (plate 45) Katz, Witness to an Era, p. 59 "Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania." 1863. By Timothy O'Sullivan. (plate 38) "Group of Confederate Prisoners at Fairfax Court House, Virginia." 1863. By Timothy O'Sullivan (plate 94) "Inspection of Troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Virginia." 1862. Wood & Gibson (plate 16) Image of War, vol. II, p.120 "Ruins of Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia." 1864. By James Gardner (plate 18) [The Navy Yard was destroyed by Confederate forces when they evacuated.] "Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia." 1862. By Barnard & Gibson (plate 5) "McLean's House, Appomattox Court House, Virginia." 1865. By Timothy O'Sullivan (plate 99) "A Fancy Group, Front of Petersburg." 1864. By David Knox (plate 76) [General Orlando Wilcox seated at center ] "What Do I Want, John Henry? Warrenton, Virginia." 1862. By Alexander Gardner (plate 27) "A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep." 1865. By Alexander Gardner (plate 40).