GARDNER'S "INCIDENTS OF THE WAR" — ORIGINAL ALBUMEN PRINT: “Provost Marshal’s Office, Aquia Creek, Va." — Plate No. 46

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A fascinating and historically rich original albumen photograph from Timothy H. O'Sullivan's celebrated documentation of the Army of the Potomac at Aquia Creek Landing, Virginia, in February 1863. The photograph shows a group of men gathered in front of the temporary location of the Provost Marshal's office — a rough-hewn wooden building bearing a prominent "Provost Marshal" sign, surrounded by the bustling wartime activity of one of the Union Army's most vital supply and communications hubs on the Potomac River.

Aquia Creek was the site of one of the first operations of the war on the Potomac — the destruction of the wharf and depot of the Fredericksburg and Richmond Railroad, carried out by a small flotilla under the command of Captain Ward, U.S.N. By early 1863, Aquia Creek Landing had been transformed into a major Union supply depot, serving as the primary logistical gateway for the Army of the Potomac during its winter encampment before the Chancellorsville Campaign. The Provost Marshal's office — responsible for military law enforcement, passes, and the control of civilian movement — was a nerve center of this critical installation.

This photograph is Plate No. 46 from Volume I of Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, one of the most celebrated photographic publications of the 19th century. The negative was made by Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840–1882), with the positive printed by Alexander Gardner. Examples of this image are held in the permanent collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Harvard Art Museums, the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Library of Congress.

The mount bears the complete original printed imprint: "Negative by T.H. O'Sullivan / Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1865, by A. Gardner, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia / Positive by A. Gardner, 511 7th St., Washington / Incidents of the War — Provost Marshal's Office, Aquia Creek, VA. / February, 1863 / Published by Philp & Solomons, Washington." All text fully intact — the hallmark of an unaltered, untrimmed original example.

Presented in an archival double mat and housed in a handsome mahogany-finish hardwood frame with UV-protective acrylic glazing.

Negative by: Timothy H. O'Sullivan

Positive by: Alexander Gardner

Series: Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Vol. I, No. 46 Location & Date: Aquia Creek, Virginia, February 1863

Publisher: Philip & Solomons, Washington, D.C.

Copyright: Entered 1865, District Court of the District of Columbia

Medium: Original albumen print on period paper mount Framed dimensions: 18 x 16 inches

Condition: Good; age-consistent toning

Archival framing: UV-protective plexiglass, acid-free matting       [ss] [ph:L]

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