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Picketts charge on the Union centre at the grove of trees about 3 PM / Edwin Forbes. – Antique Print

Picketts charge on the Union centre at the grove of trees about 3 PM / Edwin Forbes., [between 1865 and 1895] — historic image
Picketts charge on the Union centre at the grove of trees about 3 PM / Edwin Forbes., [between 1865 and 1895]. Historic image from the Gettysburg collection.

(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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Step back in time with Picketts charge on the Union centre at the grove of trees about 3 PM / Edwin Forbes., a historic image rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The grove of trees on Cemetery Ridge marks the point where Pickett's Charge struck the Union center around 3 p.m. on July 3, 1863, the climax of the battle's third day. Edwin Forbes, a Union artist who sketched on the Gettysburg field, is credited with the original scene. The stamp on the back reads "Manufactured by George Rowney & Co.," a London maker of artists' materials, which suggests the sheet passed through an English supplier. Its date range of 1865 to 1895 places it decades after the fighting, when Civil War battle scenes were widely reproduced.

Created / published[between 1865 and 1895]
Genremanufacturer of & dealor in artist materials ...
NotesVerso stamped: Manufactured by George Rowney & Co.
SubjectsGettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863. Campaigns & battles--Union--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns & battles.United States--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,088 × 1,500 px · prints to 10 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176401

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