Sujet

What Do I Want, John Henry?, November 1862. Creator: Alexander Gardner.

Légende

What Do I Want, John Henry?, November 1862. [Union officers with their 'contraband' servant, an enslaved person who escaped from Southern plantations and offered their services to the Northern army]. Albumen print, pl. 27 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, vol. 1" (1866).

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21B03_211

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

54,3Mo (2,8Mo) / 42,0cm x 32,4cm / 4960 x 3829 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Caucasian people black male job man men arts country society white art guy occupation photography military war tent tents location Armed Forces century gallery profession officer officers concept African American African-American B&W afro-american slavery servant Army warfare art gallery slave United States of America 19th century black & white black and white B W albumen print American Civil War nineteenth century servants Union Army American America USA military camp photograph united states Art Institute of Chicago art centre Heritage Art albumen silver print Alexander Gardner Gardner Alexander enslaved person 19th-century Art Institute Chicago