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Sepia photograph of men digging in a field while skeletal remains lie on wooden stretchers, with pine trees behind.

A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, pl. 94 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)

Four men work in a grassy field with shovels, while a seated man in a dark cap rests beside a wooden litter holding several human skeletons in tattered cloth. Pine trees and scrubby ground fill the background under a pale sky. The sepia albumen print shows a burial party at work in the aftermath of the battle.

Artist
John Reekie
Date
April 1865
Medium
Albumen print
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1295 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1865).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler

Español: Un grupo de entierro, Cold Harbor, Virginia, 1865

Cuatro hombres trabajan con palas en un campo cubierto de hierba, mientras un hombre sentado con una gorra oscura descansa junto a una camilla de madera con varios esqueletos humanos envueltos en telas deshilachadas. Pinos y terreno árido llenan el fondo bajo un cielo pálido. La copia sepia en albúmina muestra un grupo de entierro en plena labor tras la batalla.

Português: Grupo de sepultamento, Cold Harbor, Virgínia, 1865

Quatro homens trabalham com pás em um campo gramado, enquanto um homem sentado, de boné escuro, descansa ao lado de uma maca de madeira com vários esqueletos humanos envoltos em tecidos esfarrapados. Pinheiros e terreno árido ocupam o fundo sob um céu pálido. A cópia em albumina sépia mostra um grupo de sepultamento em plena atividade após a batalha.

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