The LaFayette House near Yorktown, Va. / McIlvaine. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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This rare historic drawing captures The LaFayette House near Yorktown, Va. / McIlvaine. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The LaFayette House near Yorktown, Va. / McIlvaine.
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Known as the LaFayette House, this Yorktown dwelling appears in an 1862 watercolor, painted during a later war on ground that had seen the Marquis de Lafayette's troops in 1781. That spring Union forces under George B. McClellan besieged the town, and the military camps named in the record spread across the surrounding fields. The inscription is only partly legible, reading "LaFayette House near Our House" with a question mark, so the exact wording of the title is uncertain. Watercolors like this one are valued as firsthand views of landscapes that soldiers were occupying at the time.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
| Genre | Watercolors American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Inscribed: LaFayette House near Our(?) House. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Houses--Virginia--Yorktown--1860-1870. Military camps--Virginia--Yorktown--1860-1870. Yorktown (Va.)--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--Virginia--Yorktown |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,677 × 3,821 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220265 |
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