Flag of Truce – Antique Wall Art
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(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 Flag of Truce. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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A pencil and Chinese white drawing on blue-green paper shows a flag of truce near Craney Island, off Norfolk, Virginia. The record names a Lieutenant Crosby among its subjects and tentatively dates the scene to late summer 1861, a few months after Confederate forces took control of Norfolk and its navy yard. Flags of truce let boats cross between opposing lines to carry messages, arrange exchanges, or move noncombatants, and the drawing's mix of officers, women and children suggests how these crossings drew ordinary people into the war's daily routine. The soft pencil work and white highlights on blue-green paper give the scene a quiet tone.
| Created / published | [1861 August-September?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on blue-green paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 23.5 x 35.0 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Crosby,--Lieutenant--Military service. Armistices--1860-1870. Flags--Union--1860-1870. Military officers--Confederate--1860-1870. Ships--1860-1870. Women--1860-1870. Children--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.United States--Virginia--Craney IslandUnited States--Virginia--James RiverUnited States--Virginia--Norfolk |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,000 × 4,038 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223136 |
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