Sickel Hospital, Looking toward Fairfax Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia

Andrew Joseph Russell

National Gallery of Art

The image shows an aerial view of a landscape with buildings and tents below. The foreground features large buildings with pitched roofs and smoke coming from chimneys. Beyond the buildings, rows of tents are neatly arranged. The landscape extends to a horizon with trees, fencing, and hills. The sky is clear and light-colored. The color scheme is mostly sepia or brown tones, resembling early photographs.