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Title
View From Hawk's Nest towards the east
Creator
Roesler, J. Nep., approximately 1826-, artist
Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1862
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a group of soldiers manning a cannon on a rocky outcropping overlooking New River in West Virginia during the American Civil War; a log cabin in a wooded forest area next to the river bank visible in background below.
This title is part of a set published as the Album of the Campaign of 1861 in West Virginia. Cincinnati : Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., 1862. "Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. Cincinnati."--text, bottom right margin. "Sketched fr. nature & drawn on stone by J. Nep. Roesler Corpl. of Color Guard Comp. G. 47th. Regt. O.V.-U.S.A."--text, bottom left margin. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by J. Nep. Roesler in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of Ohio."--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 32.7 x 42.55 cm (12 7/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_MIL_002413
413525
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2273
Language
English
Subject
Landscapes--Pictorial works
Rivers--Pictorial works
Soldiers--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
American Civil War
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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