Image of a Union soldier sleeping with his bayonet by a campfire in a military camp during the American Civil War dreaming of reunion with his family; soldiers, cannons, tents and American flag in background; a decorative frame with Union shields and stars surrounds image. Printer supplied by cataloger based on printer/publisher history.
Dates approximated by cataloger based on dates of American Civil War.
"Published by Currier & Ives,"--text, bottom left margin.
"152 Nassau St New York"--text, bottom right margin.
"Stretched on the ground the war worn soldier sleeps, / Beside the lurid watch fires fitful glare, / And dreams that on the field of fame he reaps, / Renown and honors, which he haste's to share, / With those beloved ones who gathering come, / To bid their hero husband father welcome home, / Fond dreamer may thy blissful vision be, / A true fore shadowing of the fates to thee."--text, bottom margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 25.4 x 35.24 cm (10 x 13 7/8 in.)
Dreams--Pictorial works Families--Pictorial works Military camps--Pictorial works Soldiers--Pictorial works United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (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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