Alexander Gardner | Spencer Museum of Art

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Place of Birth: Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Birth: October 17, 1821

Place of Death: Washington, DC, United States

Date of Death: December 11, 1882

Works of Art: 21

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882); Moses Parker Rice (1839–1925), portrait of Abraham Lincoln

portrait of Abraham Lincoln, 1863

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Captain Albert Barnitz and Officers, Fort Wallace, Kansas

Captain Albert Barnitz and Officers, Fort Wallace, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), State House at Topeka, Kansas

State House at Topeka, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Boggs Ranch on the Purgatory, Southern Colorado

Boggs Ranch on the Purgatory, Southern Colorado, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Fifth Street, Leavenworth, Kansas

Fifth Street, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Our Camp at Fort Wallace

Our Camp at Fort Wallace, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Lane University, Lecompton, Kansas

Lane University, Lecompton, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Ranch at Clear Creek, Kansas

Ranch at Clear Creek, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Group at Ellsworth, Kansas

Group at Ellsworth, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), St. Mary's Mission, Kansas, Pottowatamie Indian School

St. Mary's Mission, Kansas, Pottowatamie Indian School, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Fort Wallace, Kansas

Fort Wallace, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Walnut Street, Ellsworth, Kansas

Walnut Street, Ellsworth, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), General Jim Lane's House, Lawrence, Kansas

General Jim Lane's House, Lawrence, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), North Side Main St., Ellsworth, Kansas

North Side Main St., Ellsworth, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Crandall House, Lawrence, Kansas

Crandall House, Lawrence, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Wakarusa Valley, Kansas

Wakarusa Valley, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Fort Harker, Kansas

Fort Harker, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Lincoln Avenue, Wamego, Kansas

Lincoln Avenue, Wamego, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), South Side Main St., Ellsworth, Kansas

South Side Main St., Ellsworth, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas

Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas, 1867

Alexander Gardner (1821–1882), title unknown (Albuquerque Plaza)

title unknown (Albuquerque Plaza), 1867

Exhibitions: 17

Photographs from the Collection, 1843–1960

1991

Early Topographic and Documentary Photography

Thomas Southall, curator

1978–1979

Photographs from the Collection 1840-1940

John Pultz, curator

2003–2004

Constructions of Place: Architecture in Photography

Erin Barnett, curator

1999

Brosseau Center for Learning: History of Photography and Japanese Textiles

2017

Brosseau Center for Learning: History of Photography Part One

2017

Brosseau Center for Learning: Bleeding Kansas & Kansas Rephotography

2018

Land and Its Uses: Photographs from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

1994

Considering Space: Photographs from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

1994

Brosseau Center for Learning: Nineteenth-Century Photography

Ben McBride, curator

2019

Windows: Photographs from the Collection

John Pultz, curator

1999–2000

Daguerreotype to Digital: Photographs from the Collection

Brett Knappe, curator

2005

Made or Taken? Photographs of Women, 1840-1980

1989–1990

Brosseau Center for Learning: Immigrants

Kate Meyer, curator

2017

Windmills to Workshops: Lawrence and the Visual Arts

Kate Meyer, curator

2004

Brosseau Center for Learning: Bleeding Kansas, Slavery, Abolition

2023

Process: Decay and Destruction in the Museum

Bertram Lyons, curator

2008–2009