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personAmerican, 1821–1882lock_openPublic domain: US, EU, UK, CA, MX, CO · 94% confidence
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Selected Works413

Museum Acquisitions

NGA Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
NGA Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
NGA Washington
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
NGA Washington
NGA Washington
SFMOMA
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
NGA Washington
SFMOMA
SFMOMA

Previous Sales 1

Artcurial
Ma-to'-nom'-pa, Two bears; Lower Yanktonese; Portrait of Native American Chief
Ma-to'-nom'-pa, Two bears; Lower Yanktonese; Portrait of Native American Chief, 1872
$7,102
May 2021
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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The Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2025 · Accession 2025.44.20 · albumen silver print
Gift of Funds from Ronald M. Costell, M.D. and the Estate of Marsha E. Swiss
Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1,.2 · Books of albumen silver prints from glass negatives
Museum purchase
Refugees
National Gallery of Art · Washington, D.C., United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.39.58 · stereoscopic albumen silver prints
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
Antietam Bridge, Maryland
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.19 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
Burnside Bridge, across Antietam Creek, Maryland
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.20 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
President Lincoln on Battle-Field of Antietam
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.23 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
Scene in Pleasant Valley, Maryland
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.24 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
Pontoon Bridge across the Potomac, at Berlin
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.25 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
What Do I Want, John Henry?
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.27 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
Scouts and guides to the Army of the Potomac
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.28 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
A Sharpshooter's Last Sleep, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.40 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.234.1.41 · Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum purchase
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death
Alexander Gardner dies
Jan 1, 1882
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birth
Alexander Gardner born
Jan 1, 1821