Mortar Dictator, in Front of Petersburg

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Artist: David Knox / American, active 19th century
Date: October 1864
Medium: Albumen print, pl. 75 from the album "Gardner's Photographic Sketch Book of the War, Volume II" (1866)
Dimensions: Image: 17.7 × 22.9 cm (7 × 9 1/16 in.); Album page: 31.2 × 44.7 cm (12 5/16 × 17 5/8 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photograph
Style: 19th century
Place: United States
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler
Accession no.: 1967.330.75

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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00008115
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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00008134
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David Knox
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Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00008154

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.