Ruins in Charleston, South Carolina, 1865
A black-and-white albumen photograph shows a ruined brick building in the left foreground framing a view across rubble toward a damaged church with a scaffolded tower. Two men sit on debris beside a shallow pool of water, and a smaller structure rises beyond.
- Artist
- George N. Barnard
- Date
- 1865/66
- Medium
- Albumen print, plate 60 from the album "Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign" (1866)
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1336 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1866).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Hugh Edwards Photography and Media Purchase Fund