A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Photographs

A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Timothy H. O'Sullivan|Alexander Gardner|Alexander Gardner

Date
July 1863
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 17 13/16 × 22 1/2 in. (45.2 × 57.2 cm) Mount: 11 15/16 × 15 5/8 in. (30.4 × 39.7 cm)
Object type
Photograph
Classification
Photographs
Object number
2005.100.1201
Credit line
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005

Artist information

American, born Ireland, 1840–1882|American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.|American, Glasgow, Scotland 1821–1882 Washington, D.C.

Subjects and terms

  • American Civil War
  • Soldiers
  • Corpses
  • Death

The Met object ID 285644. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.