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1. 1784.a.10(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.10(4)
Title:
Goorkha soldiers and family. Photographer: Egerton, Philip Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of a Gurkha soldier and his family, posed in front of their thatched hut at Dharmshala: 'A Goorkha regiment is stationed in the lines below. These Goorkhas, who fought so well in the rebellion of 1857, are residents of Nepaul originally, but most of them hav...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1863
Extent:
1 item

2. 1784.a.13, 1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(4)
Title:
Stone Church, Centreville, Va. March, 1862 Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the small stone church, with a group of soldiers posed in the foreground: 'Perched upon the gentle slope of the ridge that bears its name, and looking across fertile fields to the mountains that rise up grandly hiding the West, Centreville had smiled ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

3. 1784.a.13, 1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(10)
Title:
Ruins at Manassas Junction. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking over the railway junction, with a group of soldiers posed casually for the photographer in the right foreground.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

4. 1784.a.13, 1(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(11)
Title:
Fortifications at Manassas. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards earthwork fortifications, with soldiers posed among the line of earth-filled barrels in the foreground: 'This sketch represents a portion of the Confederate fortifications at Manassas after their occupation by the Federal Army. The works were laid out...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

5. 1784.a.13, 1(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(15)
Title:
Moore House, Yorktown, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View of the dilapidated house, with a group of army officers in the garden in the left foreground. It was here that Washington and Cornwallis met in Ocotber 1781 to arrange capitulation terms. 'When the Army of the Potomac invested Yorktown, the Moore House was in excelle...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

6. 1784.a.13, 1(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(16)
Title:
Inspection of troops at Cumberland Landing, Pamunkey, Va. May, 1862. Photographer: Wood and Gibson
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the troops on parade, with tents beyond. The foreground is dominated by a wagon and other objects: 'At Cumberland Landing, one of the most magnificent spectacles ever seen in the army was presented, when the combined forces, massed upon the banks of the river, converted the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

7. 1784.a.13, 1(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(17)
Title:
Military bridge, across the Chickahominy, Va. Photographer: Woodbury, D. B.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View from the riverbank looking towards the bridge, with a large group of soldiers posed on the structure: 'The picture is taken at a point where the accumulated waters most presented the character of a stream, the swamp being in some places all of a mile in width, and su...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1862
Extent:
1 item

8. 1784.a.13, 1(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(24)
Title:
Scene in Pleasant Valley, MD. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Portrait group posed on the steps leading up to the verandah of the house: 'The house of Mrs. Lee, situated in Pleasant Valley, Maryland, was selected by General McClellan, after the battle of Antietam, as a temporary home for Mrs. McClellan, who paid a brief visit to the...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1862
Extent:
1 item

9. 1784.a.13, 1(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(27)
Title:
What do I want, John Henry? Warrenton, Va., November, 1862. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group portrait of officers relaxing in front of their tents, with a black servant holding a bottle and a plate.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1862
Extent:
1 item

10. 1784.a.13, 1(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(28)
Title:
Scouts and Guides to the Army of the Potomac. Berlin, Va., October, 1862. Photographer: Gardner, Alexander
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Group portrait of scouts and guides, posed in front of a tent: 'The individuals in this group were attached to the Secret Service Department of the Army of the Potomac when conducted by Major Allen Pinkerton. Their faces are indexes of the character required for such haza...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Oct 1862
Extent:
1 item

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