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The image is of a brick building with a sign that reads "PRICE, BIRCH & CO. DEALERS IN SLAVES." A tree and horse-drawn carriage are in front of the building. The scene shows a winter setting with sparse surroundings. The photograph is presented in a 19th-century stereographic format with an orange border.
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The image is of a brick building with a sign that reads "PRICE, BIRCH & CO. DEALERS IN SLAVES." A tree and horse-drawn carriage are in front of the building. The scene shows a winter setting with sparse surroundings. The photograph is presented in a 19th-century stereographic format with an orange border.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"Slave Pen, Alexandria, Virginia"

Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, Taylor & Huntington

Date
1862
Medium
stereoscopic albumen silver prints
Dimensions
image/sheet (each): 7.9 × 7.7 cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/16 in.) mount: 10.1 × 17.8 cm (4 × 7 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.39.2
Credit line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • Prison
  • Civil War
  • military
  • Virginia
  • Men
  • Stereograph
Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: 1861 The War For the Union. 1865; along right edge: 1861 Photographic War History. 1865; bottom right: 2296. Slave Pen, Alexandria, Va. / [FOR DESCRIPTION OF THIS VIEW SEE THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS CARD.]; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 5.39JLEX / AF07C; bottom right: CW0091

NGA object ID 227020. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.