Alexander Gardner

American, born Scotland (Paisley, Scotland, 1821 - 1882, Washington, D.C.)

A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

1863
photograph | albumen print
Not currently on view in the museum
A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
7 in. x 9 in. (17.78 cm x 22.86 cm)
Acquired 2003
Collection SFMOMA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Accessions Committee Fund purchase
2003.27.A
Keywords

Civil War, death, rifles, military, corpses, weapons

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