The battle of Gettysburg – Antique 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic drawing of The battle of Gettysburg. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The battle of Gettysburg
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Inscribed beneath the image with the words "4th of July. Behind the breast works on the right," this drawing is dated to the day after the main fighting at Gettysburg ended. On July 3, 1863, Pickett's Charge broke against the Union center, and on July 4 Robert E. Lee's army began pulling back from the town and its ridges. The inscription points to the earthworks that defined the battle's final days. The drawing came to the Library of Congress as a gift from J.P. Morgan in 1919.
| Created / published | 1863 July 4. |
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| Medium | 1 drawing. |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Inscribed below image: 4th of July. Behind the breast works on the right, Gettysburg, Pa. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.1.78) Forms part of: Civil War drawing collection. |
| Subjects | Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Battlefields--1860-1870. Forts & fortifications--1860-1870.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 971 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-112534 |
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