Image of nine vignettes portraying American Civil War battle scenes surrounding a moonlit evening scene of a man and woman embracing near two trees with a large snake on the ground nearby; goddess Columbia with American flag at top center; scene captions in bottom margin. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by Charles Magnus, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States of the Southern District of New York."--text, bottom center margin.
"Drawn by F. Fuchs."--text, bottom right margin.
"Published by Charles Magnus 12 Frankfort Street, New York."--text, bottom center margin.
"To Tad, a fine young soldier. / U.S. Grant"--text, verso, handwritten in black ink. (Ulysses S. Grant's inscription on verso is addressed to Tad. Tad likely refers to Abraham Lincoln's son Thomas.)
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 68.26 x 54.93 cm (26 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Battlefields--Pictorial works Battles--Pictorial works Cavalry--Pictorial works Columbia (Symbolic character)--Pictorial works Couples--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Snakes--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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