Shenandoah Valley from Maryland heights – Vintage Wall Art
![Shenandoah Valley from Maryland heights, [1864] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/68/68a4c1e36e0c-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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Shenandoah Valley from Maryland heights comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Shenandoah Valley from Maryland heights
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From the summit of Maryland Heights, the view runs south over the Potomac and down the Shenandoah Valley, and this sheet shows the military camps spread across the ground below. Maryland Heights rises above Harpers Ferry, where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers meet, and both Union and Confederate forces fought over the position repeatedly during the Civil War. The artist worked in pencil and Chinese white on light green paper, a economical method suited to quick field sketches that could be turned into maps or later finished work. Its value lies in showing how the high ground and river crossings shaped where armies camped and watched.
| Created / published | [1864] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on light green paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 17.5 x 50.3 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Landscapes 1860-1870.Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Military camps--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields.United States--Virginia--Maryland HeightsUnited States--Virginia--Shenandoah ValleyUnited States--Virginia--Potomac River |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,400 × 830 px · prints to 8 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219367 |
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