A Burial Party, Cold Harbor, Virginia, 1865
Four men work in a grassy field with shovels, while a seated man in a dark cap rests beside a wooden litter holding several human skeletons in tattered cloth. Pine trees and scrubby ground fill the background under a pale sky. The sepia albumen print shows a burial party at work in the aftermath of the battle.
- Artist
- John Reekie
- Date
- April 1865
- Medium
- Albumen print
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1295 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1865).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Everett Kovler
