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U.S. Civil War

William Lewis
Civil War Sketches
1960
pen, ink and wash | paper
Gift of Mr. Michael Church
1977/1.176

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A group of soldiers stand and sit in a landscape; some face the camera while others are posed engaged in conversation. Behind them stand several tall trees and between them a tent with the flaps decorated with an American flag. Seated alone to the left is a young African-American man holding a broom.

Mathew Brady
Engineering Corps
1861
albumen print | paper
Museum Purchase
1978/2.31

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Plaster sculpture of a man dressed in a Civil War military uniform; arms are broken off at mid-bicep. <br />

Randolph Rogers
Model for cavalry soldier
1845 - 1885
plaster
Gift of Randolph Rogers
1885.1

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Plaster sculpture of a standing male figure, his right hand resting upon a small column and his left hand holding the arm of a crouching African American female figure.

Randolph Rogers
Lincoln and the Emancipated Slave
1861 - 1871
painted plaster
Gift of Randolph Rogers
1885.3

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A foggy landscape with silhouetted trees recedes from the left into the hazy distance and sky. The corners of the images are vignetted and the photograph is toned with tea, giving it a light brown-peach color.

Sally Mann
Untitled
1993 - 2002
gelatin silver print, toned with tea | paper
Museum purchase made possible by Myron and Bobbie Levine
2003/1.365

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Bronze sculpture of a standing male figure his right hand holding a shield which rests upon a stack of book while his left arm is outstretched hovering over the crouching figure of an African American male figure.

Thomas Ball
Emancipation Group
1865
bronze
Bequest of Henry C. Lewis
1895.13

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Antique- and aged-looking photograph of a dreamy, perhaps nocturnal, landscape. In the foreground, a massive tree rises up into the hazy night, and trees recede into the distance. White pock marks give the whole scene, sky and land, an ethereal starry look.

Sally Mann
Untitled (Manassas #25)
2002
gelatin silver print, varnished | paper
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund
2004/2.129

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Army Reinactment. Army colonel stainding next to a fence in a field. Has a large knife strapped across his chest.

Robert A. Zeichner
Colonel Work, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
1997
toned gelatin silver print | paper
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2013/1.267

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Army Reinactment. Line of soldiers standing behind a wagon waiting to get their meal.

Robert A. Zeichner
Rations Boys!, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
1997
toned gelatin silver print | paper
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2013/1.268

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Army Reinactment. Soldiers sitting in a field watching some soldiers on horses forge the creek.

Robert A. Zeichner
Fording Antietam Creek, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
1997
toned gelatin silver print | paper
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2013/1.269

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Army Reinactment. Soldiers standing around a canon in a field, lots of smoke in the air.

Robert A. Zeichner
Parker's Virginians Under Fire, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
1997
toned gelatin silver print | paper
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2013/1.270

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Army Reinactment. Two sides of the battle are fighting in a field with a fence between them.

Robert A. Zeichner
Eyeball to Eyeball, from "Antietam: The Lost Images Portfolio I"
1997
toned gelatin silver print | paper
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2013/1.271

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