Gettysburg. View of the hills on the left of our position from the Rebel artillery, last Rebel shot – Vintage Wall Art
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(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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Gettysburg. View of the hills on the left of our position from the Rebel artillery, last Rebel shot comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Gettysburg. View of the hills on the left of our position from the Rebel artillery, last Rebel shot
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Few of the Gettysburg sheets in this collection were drawn as the fighting was still going on, and this one carries its own timestamp in the title: "last Rebel shot." Alfred R. Waud, a staff artist for Harper's Weekly, sketched the battlefield in pencil and white lead on green paper, and the inscription tells us he meant it as a view of the hills across from the Union line, where Confederate guns had been firing. Waud worked close to the troops and sent his drawings to engravers in New York, so pictures like this one gave readers at home some of the first visual sense of the battle's ground and its cost.
| Created / published | [1863 between July 1 and 3] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on green paper : pencil and lead white ; 14.9 x 23.5 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Signed lower right and left: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper left: Gettysburg. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.16) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. Military standards--1860-1870. Soldiers--1860-1870. Forts & fortifications--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,452 × 1,155 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217042 |
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