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Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia

Alexander GardnerApril 1865

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

View of the remains of the Confederate arsenal at Richmond. The brick walls of the Franklin Paper Mill sit, without a roof, behind an arched brick abutment that was once part of a Richmond and Petersburg Railroad bridge. Debris covers the yard of the arsenal, where piles of artillery shells are stacked in rows and can be seen in the foreground on the right and left sides of the image. A group of men gather in the middle of the yard, as two men perched atop a pile of shells look on.

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  • Title: Ruins of Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia
  • Creator: Alexander Gardner
  • Date Created: April 1865
  • Location Created: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: 17.8 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 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.944.2.2.41
  • Culture: American
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Alexander Gardner (American, born Scotland, 1821 - 1882)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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