White House - Pamunkey River / McIlvaine. – Antique Wall Art
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This rare historic drawing captures White House - Pamunkey River / McIlvaine. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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White House - Pamunkey River / McIlvaine.
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The White House on the Pamunkey River was a plantation landing that had belonged to the family of Mary Custis Lee, and the Union army made it a major supply depot during the Civil War. In 1864, as Ulysses S. Grant pushed toward Richmond, steamboats like those in this watercolor carried troops, horses, and provisions up the river to the landing and onward by rail. Artist McIlvaine's view, which echoes an earlier sketch of the same scene from 1862, shows how the river became a working supply line for the Union cause.
| Created / published | 1864 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
| Genre | Watercolors American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Similar view filed under: DRWG/US - McIlvaine, no. 3, of 1862. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Pamunkey River (Va.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865. Steamboats--Union--1860-1870.United States--Virginia--Pamunkey RiverUnited States--Virginia--White House |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,629 × 3,802 px · prints to 15 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220264 |
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