The Chickahominy - Alexanders Bridge / McIlvaine. – 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 historic drawing captures The Chickahominy - Alexanders Bridge / McIlvaine. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Chickahominy - Alexanders Bridge / McIlvaine.
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Alexander's Bridge, spanning the Chickahominy River east of Richmond, is the focus of this 1862 watercolor by McIlvaine, with the river's marshy lowlands spreading out on either side. The Chickahominy ran through swampy bottomland that shaped the Peninsula Campaign in the spring and early summer of 1862, when Union forces under George B. McClellan advanced toward Richmond and had to move men and wagons across its flooded crossings. Views of wetland crossings like this one record the terrain that determined where the fighting could happen, and the painting's quiet, waterlogged landscape shows why the river was so hard to cross.
| Created / published | 1862 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing : watercolor. |
| Genre | Watercolors American 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Bridges--Virginia--Chickahominy River--1860-1870. Wetlands--Virginia--Chickahominy River--1860-1870. Chickahominy River (Va.) --1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.United States--Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,821 × 4,711 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220252 |
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