Thanksgiving in camp sketched Thursday 28th 1861 – Antique Wall Art
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(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 historic drawing of Thanksgiving in camp sketched Thursday 28th 1861 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Thanksgiving in camp sketched Thursday 28th 1861
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This pencil and Chinese white drawing on tan paper is dated Thursday, November 28, 1861, and shows a Union camp observing Thanksgiving. That date matched the national day of thanksgiving President Abraham Lincoln had set that year, the first such observance during the Civil War. The scene centers on the cooking and celebration of a holiday meal, with officers and enlisted men both present. Sketches like this, made quickly on location, were often reproduced in illustrated newspapers, giving readers at home a glimpse of daily life in the army.
| Created / published | 1861 [November] 28. |
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| Medium | 1 drawing on tan paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 24.7 x 35.1 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1860-1870. |
| Subjects | Military cookery--1860-1870. Military camps--Union--1860-1870. Military officers--Union--1860-1870. Celebrations--1860-1870. Soldiers--Union--1860-1870. Eating & drinking--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military life--Union.United States |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,483 × 1,203 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218160 |
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