Near the cemetery, Gettysburg retiring disabled artillery – Vintage Wall Art
![Near the cemetery, Gettysburg retiring disabled artillery, [1863 July 1-3] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/87/8707cbd9e838-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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Near the cemetery, Gettysburg retiring disabled artillery comes to life in this historic drawing, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Near the cemetery, Gettysburg retiring disabled artillery
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Few battlefield sketches from Gettysburg record the wreckage left behind as faithfully as this one, which shows artillery pieces being pulled back from the ground near the cemetery on the battle's later days. The drawing is done in pencil with watercolor on tan paper, and its title, inscribed on the reverse, places the scene in the chaotic movement of guns and men during the fighting of July 1 through 3, 1863. Such sketches were made by artists who followed the armies, and they show the strain on the batteries: disabled guns had to be hauled off the field to keep them from falling into enemy hands, and the work of removing them was slow and dangerous under fire. The sheet is part of the Library of Congress's Civil War drawing collection, a gift from J.P. Morgan in 1919.
| Created / published | [1863 July 1-3] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on tan paper : pencil and watercolor ; 23.6 x 36.3 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Title inscribed on verso. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.340) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Artillery (Weaponry)--1860-1870. Troop movements--1860-1870. Soldiers--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,436 × 1,132 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217045 |
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