News from the front / EF. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of News from the front / EF.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Rappahannock Station, the Virginia crossing named in this drawing's notes, was the site of a Union victory in November 1863, and by March 1864 the surrounding countryside still bore the marks of the Army of the Potomac's winter camps. The pencil drawing, dated March 14, 1864, is titled *News from the front*, a phrase that speaks to the long waits for letters, dispatches and rumors that connected soldiers with the people at home. The record does not name the artist, but the work is a modest example of how wartime sketches recorded everyday anxieties alongside the fighting. It came to the Library of Congress as a gift.
| Created / published | 1864 March 14. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : pencil. |
| Genre | J.P. Morgan |
| Notes | Rappahannock Station |
| Subjects | Va."--on item. Gift |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,184 × 1,493 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218137 |
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