A Negro regiment in action / Th. Nast. – Vintage Print
(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 antique engraving captures A Negro regiment in action / Th. Nast. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A Negro regiment in action / Th. Nast.
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Thomas Nast drew this wood engraving for *Harper's Weekly*, where it ran across two pages of the March 14, 1863, issue. It appeared just after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863, and as the Union was beginning to enlist African American men as soldiers. *Harper's* was one of the most widely read illustrated weeklies of the period, so its images shaped how northern readers pictured Black troops. The engraving is worth studying for how it presents these men as soldiers in the thick of a fight, at a moment when that image was still new to many viewers.
| Created / published | 1863 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1860-1870.Wood engravings 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1863 March 14, pp. 168-169. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans. African Americans--Military service--1860-1870. Campaigns & battles--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,275 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194190 |
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