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Sepia photograph of a hazy battlefield with scattered fallen logs in the foreground and a small figure among them, with thin pine trees in the distance.

[Wilderness Battlefield]

A sepia photograph of a cleared, tree-thinned landscape under a hazy sky, with stacked and scattered fallen timber in the foreground. A small seated or crouched figure sits among the logs, and bare pine trunks rise along the distant horizon. The worn, dark-edged print shows an albumen silver process.

Artist
Unidentified
Date
1864
Medium
albumen silver print
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
2177 × 2951 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1864).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Español: Campo de batalla de la Wilderness, 1864

Una fotografía en tonos sepia de un paisaje despejado y con árboles escasos bajo un cielo brumoso, con troncos caídos apilados y dispersos en primer plano. Una pequeña figura sentada o agachada se encuentra entre los troncos, y pinos desnudos se alzan en el horizonte lejano. La copia gastada muestra el proceso de plata sobre albúmina.

Português: Campo de batalha de Wilderness, 1864

Uma fotografia em tom sépia de uma paisagem desmatada, com poucas árvores, sob um céu enevoado, com toras caídas empilhadas e espalhadas em primeiro plano. Uma pequena figura sentada ou agachada está entre os troncos, e pinheiros desfolhados erguem-se no horizonte distante. A cópia desgastada mostra o processo de prata em albumina.

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