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This image shows a landscape with railway tracks in the foreground. Beyond the tracks is an area of rough terrain with sparse shrubbery leading to a gently sloping hill in the background. Scattered trees and hints of vegetation are visible, with a man-made structure or fortifications on the horizon. The color tones are predominantly brown and beige, with a pale sky.
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This image shows a landscape with railway tracks in the foreground. Beyond the tracks is an area of rough terrain with sparse shrubbery leading to a gently sloping hill in the background. Scattered trees and hints of vegetation are visible, with a man-made structure or fortifications on the horizon. The color tones are predominantly brown and beige, with a pale sky.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Battlefield in Atlanta

George N. Barnard

Date
1864
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 27.8 × 35.9 cm (10 15/16 × 14 1/8 in.) mount: 45.5 × 55.8 cm (17 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
1995.36.12
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • United States
  • landscape
  • Georgia
Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Inscription

by later hand, lower left in graphite: G.N. Barnard--Unknown View?

NGA object ID 92290. 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.