Lithograph

Title:

First N.H. Battery Winter Quarters 1864

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1971.056

Creator:

Carling, John (1835-1865)Artist; Bufford, John H. (1810-1870)

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1864

Description:

Lithograph, First N.H. Battery Winter Quarters 1864, lithographed by John H. Bufford (1810-1870), after John Carling (b. 1835), 1864. Three men on horseback and two men standing right foreground. Middle ground left, open field with two rows of wagons and covered wagons; men on horseback, men standing, and men resting on the ground, dispersed within open field. Background, rows of cabins at the edge of field and leafless tree line. A flock of birds fly above the body of water on left. "SKETCHED BY JOHN CARLING." printed within the border of the scene in the lower left corner; "J.H. BUFFORD'S LITH. BOSTON." centered text below the border of the scene; "FIRST N.H. BATTERY WINTER QUARTERS 1864. / On the farm of the Hon. John Minor Botts, near Brandy Station, VA." centered text at bottom of print. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.6 W-16.8 inches

Provenance:

Purchased from The Two Arthurs by the New Hampshire Historical Society.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Arthurs, The Two, Botts, John Minor (1802-1869), Bufford, John H. (1810-1870), Carling, John (1835-1865)

Subjects:

Batteries (Weaponry), Camps, Military, Civil War, Quarters, Military, Rest, Winter, Lithographs