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View of the ruins of a bridge with the town of Fredericksburg in the background, Virginia, United States
View of the ruins of a bridge with the town of Fredericksburg in the background, Virginia, United States
People:
  • Timothy H. O'Sullivan (photographer)
  • Alexander Gardner (printer)
Title:

View of the ruins of a bridge with the town of Fredericksburg in the background, Virginia, United States

Date:

printed 1863

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)
Technique and media:

Albumen silver print from wet collodion glass plate negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 17.0 x 22.8 cm secondary support: 32.8 x 44.3 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0684

Point of View:
  • exterior view
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The secondary support is attached to the CCA mount with two paper corners and white woven tape in the l.l. and l.r.

Inscription:

imprinted and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title and / "No. 2" imprinted and dated - in typescript and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l. to l.r.: "NEGATIVE BY T.O. SULLIVAN."; "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1863, by Alex Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia."; and "POSITIVE BY A. GARDNER"

Location:

Fredericksburg; Virginia; United States;

Subject:
  • architecture
  • engineering
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • ruins
  • river
  • houses
  • bridge (built work)
  • town
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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