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Andrew Joseph Russell

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/saam_1994.91.165
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Andrew Joseph Russell was an American photographer of the American Civil War and the Union Pacific Railroad. Russell photographed construction of the Union Pacific (UP) in 1868 and 1869.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (14)

Dial Rock, Red Buttes, Laramie Plains

1968 · Albumen print, pl. V from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

Image/paper: 15.3 × 20.4 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Album page: 23.3 × 30.4 cm (9 3/16 × 12 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery

1870 · Album of albumen prints (30)

Album: 31.7 × 25.8 × 5.4 cm (12 1/2 × 10 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Trestle Work, Promontroy Point, Salt Lake Valley

1868 · Albumen print, pl. XXVIII from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

Image/paper: 15.3 × 20.4 cm (6 1/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Album page: 23.3 × 30.3 cm (9 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Citadel Rock, Green River Valley

1868 · Albumen print, pl. XI from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

Image/paper: 15.5 × 20.4 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/16 in.); Album page: 23.2 × 30.3 cm (9 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Castle Rock, Green River Valley

1868 · Albumen print, pl. XII from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

Image/paper: 15.3 × 20.2 cm (6 1/16 × 8 in.); Album page: 23.3 × 30.3 cm (9 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hydraulic Gold Mining, Near Dutch Flats, California, C. P. R. R.

1868 · Albumen print, pl. XXX from the album "Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

Image/paper: 15.2 × 20.4 cm (6 × 8 1/16 in.); Album page: 23.2 × 30.3 cm (9 3/16 × 11 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pontoon Bridge at Deep Bottom, James River

1864 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Burial of the Dead, Fredericksburg

1863 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Coal Wharf, Alexandria, Virginia

1863 · Albumen print

Image/paper: 22.9 × 33.4 cm (9 1/16 × 13 3/16 in.); Mount: 25.7 × 35.3 cm (10 1/8 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Excavating for "Y" at Devereaux Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

1863 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Effects of a Shell Explosion, Fredericksburg, VA.

1863 · albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 24.3 x 32.4 cm (9 9/16 x 12 3/4 in.); Mounted: 35.5 x 43.7 cm (14 x 17 3/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Terminus of U.S. Military Railroad, City Point, Virginia

1861 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

City Point, Virginia

1861 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

General Butler's Headquarters, Chapin's Farm, Virginia

1861 · Albumen silver print from glass negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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14 published of 14 catalogued · 14 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Effects of a Shell Explosion, Fredericksburg, VA.
1863 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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