The leisurely pursuit – Vintage Print
![The leisurely pursuit, [photographed 1863, c1911] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/05/05347be6609a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The leisurely pursuit, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Unlike the battlefield views on this board, this picture shows Union soldiers at Berlin, Maryland, a town on the Potomac River, in 1863. The title, *The Leisurely Pursuit*, points to the slow Union chase of Lee's army as it withdrew south after Gettysburg, a pace that drew criticism at the time. The print is a halftone reproduction made around 1911 from a photograph bearing the Brady studio's mark, so it preserves a Civil War scene through a later printing process. Its record names the Union army and the Maryland location, which makes it a useful view of the campaign's movements rather than its fighting.
| Created / published | [photographed 1863, c1911] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | K25630 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: Brady photo."" |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. Armies--Union--Maryland--Berlin--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,400 × 1,926 px · prints to 8 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-189215 |
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