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George S. CookWW-1861-532764
1861·Albumen silver print from glass negative·Image: 15 × 20.6 cm (5 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Mount: 23.2 × 27.1 cm (9 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Catalogue
- Year
- 1861
- Dimensions
- Image: 15 × 20.6 cm (5 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.) Mount: 23.2 × 27.1 cm (9 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- George S. Cook
Artist
George S. Cook
Photography
George Smith Cook was an early American photographer known as a pioneer in the development of the field. Primarily a studio portrait photographer, he is the first to have taken a photograph of combat during a war: he captured images in 1863 of Union ironclads firing on Fort Moultrie in South Carolina during the Civil War.
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- George S. Cook
- Year
- 1861
- Dimensions
- Image: 15 × 20.6 cm (5 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.) Mount: 23.2 × 27.1 cm (9 1/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1861-532764
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified