Online Exhibits > Civil War Photographs by George Barnard

CHATTANOOGA & THE VALLEY OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER FROM LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, SHOWING THE NOSE OF THE MOUNTAIN
1864

Barnard was familiar with mid-nineteenth century landscape paintings, as this composition suggests. Notice as you pass through the exhibit how often Barnard posed solitary figures gazing off into the distance. These individuals represent us, the viewers, as we also gaze on the scene.