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[Nine camp scenes] – Antique Wall Art

[Nine camp scenes], [1862 ca. July - August] — historic drawing
[Nine camp scenes], [1862 ca. July - August]. Historic drawing from the Ballooning collection.

(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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Step back in time with [Nine camp scenes], a historic drawing rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Nine small scenes of camp life at City Point, on Virginia's James River, share one sheet of olive paper, drawn in pencil and heightened with Chinese white. The subjects read like a tour of a Union supply base in the summer of 1862: sutlers' stands, forage wagons and carts, supply ships, soldiers of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry, and, unusually, a balloon and a photographer at work. Balloons were a fairly new tool for the Union army, used for observation under the direction of Thaddeus Lowe, so their presence here points to the army's experiments with aerial reconnaissance. The muted olive ground and white highlights give the group a quick, sketchlike quality.

Created / published[1862 ca. July - August]
Medium1 drawing on olive paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 23.5 x 35.0 cm. (sheet).
GenreDrawings American 1860-1870.
SubjectsUnited States.--Army.--Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865) Forage--1860-1870. Sutlers--1860-1870. Ships--1860-1870. Soldiers--1860-1870. Balloons--1860-1870. Carts & wagons--1860-1870. Photography--1860-1870. African Americans--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment & supplies.United States--Virginia--James RiverUnited States--Virginia--City Point
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,053 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-112754

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