General Patricks punishment for gamblers – Vintage Wall Art
![General Patricks punishment for gamblers, [1863 October] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/11/11658437c271-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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of General Patricks punishment for gamblers. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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General Patricks punishment for gamblers
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Marsena Rudolph Patrick, the Army of the Potomac's provost marshal general, is the figure at the center of this drawing, which shows soldiers caught gambling in camp being punished. The sketch is done in pencil and white paint on thin olive-colored paper, a light, quick medium suited to camp scenes. Gambling worried Union commanders throughout the war, since card and dice games filled idle hours, and Patrick was known for strict and sometimes humiliating penalties. Dated October 1863, the image offers a glimpse of how discipline was enforced away from the battlefield.
| Created / published | [1863 October] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 15.0 x 23.4 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Patrick, Marsena Rudolph,--1811-1888--Military service. United States.--Army.--New York Infantry Regiment, 96th (1862-1866) Military camps--Union--1860-1870. Gambling--1860-1870. Punishment & torture--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Union.United States |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 936 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110850 |
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