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A.J. Russell
Stone Wall, Rear of Fredericksburg, with Rebel Dead
1863, 3 May
Salt print
9 19/32 x 13 1/8 ins
J. Paul Getty Museum
LL/33140
In this view we are confronted with the bloody face of a dead soldier, lying on his back in a shallow ditch, next to his rifle. Our sight line leads us down the ditch of crumpled, dead soldiers, compositionally reinforced by a parallel stone wall as far as we can see, suggesting an endless line of wrecked manhood.
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