On Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the Civil War: Volume 1

by Anthony W. Lee and Elizabeth Young

Book Overview

Soon after Alexander Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers, then and in subsequent generations, would come to know the war. Gardner's classic also became foundational in the history of American photography, combining, for the first time, words and images in a sophisticated and moving account. This book, written by the art historian Anthony W. Lee...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520253310
• ISBN13: 9780520253315
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.0"