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Alexander Gardner Albumen Civil War Print Original Alexander Gardner Albumen Civil War Print

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Alexander Gardner Albumen Civil War Print Original Alexander Gardner Albumen Civil War Print
<B>Original Alexander Gardner Albumen Civil War Print</B></I> titled "Fortifications on Heights of Centreville, Virginia" from his classic 1865 book <I>Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War.</B></I> After the battle of Bull Run, the Confederates erected massive earthworks stretching from Manassas to the ridge at Centreville. Gardner, a colleague of Mathew Brady, was born in Scotland and became an expert in the wet collodion process. This superb photographic print was made from a negative by Bernard & Gibson taken in March of 1862. It measures 9" x 7", mounted to 18" x 13". There is some insignificant damage to the outside mounting border that does nothing to detract from this significant image.