Documentary Stereoview of Plantation Scene and Livestock Following the Battle of Gettysburg, Brady Attribution, 1863

Mathew Brady

Photograph

Brady, Mathew, photographer. Stereoview of African Americans on plantation landscape following the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863, documenting civilian life and agricultural conditions in the immediate aftermath of one of the most consequential engagements of the American Civil War. The image shows three African American children and an adult man standing in an open field, oriented toward a lone donkey, within a setting identified as Mr. Gill’s plantation. Produced in the context of wartime devastation across southern Pennsylvania, the photograph records both the disruption of agricultural life and the presence of Black individuals within contested spaces shaped by military movement and shifting labor systems. Issued during a period when the status of African Americans—enslaved, freed, or displaced—remained in flux, the image contributes to the visual record of civilian experience and landscape transformation following the Union victory at Gettysburg.

Brady, Mathew (attributed); published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. All the livestock on Mr. Gill’s plantation after the Battle of Gettysburgh. New York: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., 1863. Stereoview photograph measuring approximately 3 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches on orange cardstock mount, with series title printed on the recto and paper label on the verso bearing printed caption, image number, and negative credit to Brady. The composition centers on figures in a rural field with minimal livestock present, emphasizing the altered conditions of plantation property in the wake of military conflict.

Mount toned and fully separated along the central vertical split, with light edge wear; photographic images on each half remain clear; overall good condition. A wartime stereoview documenting the civilian and agricultural aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg within a plantation setting.

Item #18602

Price: $550.00