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61. 1784.a.13, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(8)
Title:
Mathews House, Battlefield of Bull Run. March, 1862. Photographer: Barnard and Gibson
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View across a field and stream towards the small stone house: 'This shattered dwelling stands on the first Bull Run battle ground, by the side of the turnpike leading from Centreville to Warrenton. Subjected to a severe artillery fire in that engagement, its inmates were ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1862
Extent:
1 item

62. 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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
May 1862
Extent:
1 item

63. 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

64. 1784.a.13, 1(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(29)
Title:
Lacey House, Falmouth, Va. December, 1862. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view of the house from the garden: 'The Lacey House, situated on the banks of the Rappahannock, immediately opposite Fredericksburg, when taken possession of by the United States troops, in the spring of 1862, was surrounded with beautiful lawns, rare flowers, and...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1862
Extent:
1 item

65. 1784.a.13, 1(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(42)
Title:
Trosell's House, Battlefield of Gettysburg. July, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view looking towards the house, with the bodies of several horses lying among the debris in the foreground. The house itself has been severely damaged: 'This house is in front of the left of the position occupied by our army at the battle of Gettysburg. General Si...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1863
Extent:
1 item

66. 1784.a.13, 1(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 1(47)
Title:
Castle Murray, near Auburn, Va. November, 1863. Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography View looking towards the stone 'castle,' a mansion in Scottish baronial style with tower and crenellated roofline, with a military encampment in the foreground: 'On the Warrenton Railroad, is a spot known as Three Mile Station; there are no depot buildings, but for all th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Nov 1863
Extent:
1 item

67. 1784.a.13, 2(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(99)
Title:
McLean's House, Appomattox Court-House, Va. Where the Capitulation was signed between Generals Grant and Lee. April, 1865 Photographer: O'Sullivan, Timothy H.
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography General view of the two-storey brick house, with a family group (presumably the McLeans) posed on the steps leading to the verandah: 'It is a singular fact that the owner of this house, Mr. McLean, was living on the first Bull Run battle-field at the time of that engageme...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Apr 1865
Extent:
1 item

68. 1784.a.14(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.14(24)
Title:
View of the town, North Island, Chincha Islands. Photographer: Moulton, Henry
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the settlement of wooden houses, shacks and huts on the guano island.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

69. 1784.a.14(59)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.14(59)
Title:
Governor's House, Chincha Islands. Photographer: Moulton, Henry
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the modest two-storey wooden house, with figures posed in front of the building.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1863
Extent:
1 item

70. 1785.c.1(41)

Reference (shelfmark):
1785.c.1(41)
Title:
41. Seville. Casa Pilatos. Photographer: Masson, Luis Léon
Scope & Content:
View looking along an arcade of Moorish arches in the Casa de Pilatos, completed in Mudejar style in 1540 and said to have been modelled on Pontius Pilate's house in Jerusalem. Photographer's stamp not visible, but probably the work of Masson.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1860
Extent:
1 item

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