
Anonymous (French)
Boy in Military Uniform with Mother with Stereo Viewer and Flowers on Table
$900
Sale
$720

Anonymous (Belgium)
Belgium Military Officer with Hat and Holding Sword
$450
Sale
$360

Gustave Le Gray
Chalons Encampment Scene: Lieutenant of Champagny, Capitaine Friant, the Prince Murat and Colonel Lepic
$15,000
Sale
$12,000

Robertson & Beato
Panoramic view of the interior of Redan after it had been abandoned by the Russians, Sevastopol, Crimea
$4,000
Sale
$3,200

Anonymous
U.S. Lieutenant Colonel with Infantry Sword
$650
Sale
$520

Jean-Baptiste Frenet
Portrait of Two Women and a Military Man
$1,500
Sale
$1,200

Farnham Maxwell Lyte (attributed to)
Portrait of a Young French Naval Officer
$3,500
Sale
$2,800

Anonymous
Portrait of Juan José Holzinger, Mexican War Officer
$20,000
Sale
$16,000

Isaac H. Bonsall
Soldiers at Lulah Lake, Lookout Mountain, GA
$5,000
Sale
$4,000

David Knox
Army Forge Scene, in Front of Petersburg
$4,500
Sale
$3,600

Isaac H. Bonsall
Backside of Maintenance Building, Chattanooga Railroad Yards, Tennessee
$7,500
Sale
$6,000

Isaac H. Bonsall
Army Tent Camp With Guards and Pole Fences, Near Chattanooga, Tennessee
$6,500
Sale
$5,200
By Alex Novak

Mehedin - Batterie Russe Repechee
Photography has been used to document wars since the American-Mexican War of 1846-48, when daguerreotypes were used.
Of course, it was the Crimean War of the 1850s that was the first war substantially documenting the ravages of conflict.
The American Civil War was also highly documented, and it and the Chinese Opium War of 1860 were the first conflicts to actually show dead bodies.

Khaldei - Fall of the Reichstag, Berlin
Of course, other later conflicts were recorded by photographers, including the Italian Papel Wars, the Franco-Prussian War, the Romanian War of Independence, the Russo-Japanese War, WWI and WWII, the Spanish civil war, plus the Korean and Vietnamese conflicts.
War photography has been used to proselytize for and against, as propaganda, and as documentation. But the horrors of conflict seem to always come through.
Images of War: Photographs of Conflict
About This Exhibit
Image List
Exhibited and Sold By
Contemporary Works / Vintage Works, Ltd.
258 Inverness Circle
Chalfont, Pennsylvania 18914 USA
Contact Alex Novak and Marthe Smith
Email info@vintageworks.net
Phone +1-215-518-6962
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