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A Fancy Group, in Front of Petersburg
Alexander GardnerAugust 1864
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
View of a group of Union Army soldiers at an encampment gathered for a cock fight. The group of men sit in a semi-circle around two men crouched in the center, facing each other and holding roosters for the fight. Behind the group, a tent sits beneath a crude covering made of narrow tree trunks and topped with evergreen branches.
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Details
- Title: A Fancy Group, in Front of Petersburg
- Creator: David Knox, Alexander Gardner
- Date Created: August 1864
- Location Created: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Physical Dimensions: 17.7 × 23 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XO.944.2.2.26
- Culture: American
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: David Knox (American, active 1860s) Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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