A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia.
Purchase, W. Bruce and Delaney H. Lundberg Gift and The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2014
Catalogue
- Year
- 1865
- Dimensions
- Image: 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm) Mount: 12 5/8 × 17 1/2 in. (32 × 44.4 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- John Reekie
Artist
Photography
John Reekie was an American photographer active in the mid-19th century, known for his documentation of the American Civil War and its aftermath. Working primarily in albumen print and wet collodion processes, he captured scenes of devastation and reconstruction across the American South.
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Train of Army Wagons Entering Petersburg, Virginia
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A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia
1865 · Albumen silver print
A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, pl. 94 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
1865 · Albumen print
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1865 · Albumen print, pl. 71 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
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1865 · Albumen print, pl. 72 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- John Reekie
- Year
- 1865
- Dimensions
- Image: 7 × 9 in. (17.8 × 22.9 cm) Mount: 12 5/8 × 17 1/2 in. (32 × 44.4 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1865-005135
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified