Andersonville Prison, Georgia. Bird’s Eye View—Gathering Roots to Boil Coffee. Thirty-three Thousand Prisoners in Bastile
Object type: Photograph
Department: Photographs
Artist: A. J. Riddle
Artist bio: American, 1828–1897
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: American
Date: August 17, 1864
Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions: Image: 3 3/16 × 4 3/4 in. (8.1 × 12.1 cm)
Mount: 6 15/16 in. × 8 15/16 in. (17.6 × 22.7 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2022
Accession year: 2022