Returning from outpost duty / Edwin Forbes. – Vintage Wall Art
![Returning from outpost duty / Edwin Forbes., [ca. 1876] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5a/5a52f610ba62-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.)
Description
A window into the past: Returning from outpost duty / Edwin Forbes., preserved in this historic drawing. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Returning from outpost duty / Edwin Forbes.
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
A squad of soldiers, just back from the picket line, makes its way through a winter camp looking for its quarters, a modest scene that Edwin Forbes drew in pencil. Forbes sketched Union army life throughout the Civil War, and he later reworked such sketches for *Life Studies of the Great Army*, the series in which this drawing appears as plate 15. The series focused on the routine of the common soldier rather than battle alone. Winter camps often meant long stretches of cold, mud and waiting between campaigns, and the picket duty behind these men was part of that dull, exhausting rhythm.
| Created / published | [ca. 1876] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.309) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection." |
| Subjects | A scene in winter camp. A squad of troops have just returned from the picket line and are seeking their quarters."--on mount. Part of "Life studies of the great army." Plate 15. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,666 × 3,755 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221010 |
More from the Military collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
