The Bridge at Chesterfield, North Anna, Virginia

Also titled De brug bij Chesterfield, North Anna, Virginia

Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Alexander Gardner (Glasgow, 1821–1882)

1864-05

Medium

paper

Classification

photograph

Dimensions

height 195 mm x width 249 mm

Museum

Rijksmuseum

Rights

Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the Rijksmuseum

About this work

Photography played a role in several respects during the American Civil War (1861-1865). The portraits of southerners, northerners, generals and President Lincoln sold quickly and in large quantities. In 1866 Gardner made the Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, a remarkable chronicle in which he reported on the conflict. He also included this photograph taken by his assistant O’Sullivan.

• Early photography
• Photographs
• Cities and buildings
• History
• 1800s