View on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862 — Alexander Gardner | DiscoverArt

Alexander Gardner

View on the Battlefield of Antietam, September 1862

1862

Albumen silver print from glass negative

7.1 × 10 cm (2.8 × 3.9 in)

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