Lithograph

Title:

Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8th, 1862

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1969.052.02

Creator:

Currier & IvesLithographer

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1862

Description:

Lithograph. Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 8th, 1862, by Currier & Ives, 1862. Hand-colored, ink and watercolor on paper. Scene of Union soldiers in blue uniforms fighting Confederate soldiers in grey uniforms in foreground, wounded and dead soldiers and dead horses lay on ground, and four cannons aimed at Union soldiers at foreground; soldiers in unidentifiable color uniforms fighting in background in middle ground; Union flag carried by soldier visible on right half of scene; Confederate flag carried by soldier visible on left half of scene; light red and white smoke clouds fill sky. Below image on left: "PUB. BY CURRIER AND IVES,". Below image at center: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1862 by Currier & Ives in the Clerk's Office of the District of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.". Below image on right: "152 NASSAU ST NEW YORK." Title, lower margin at center: "BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, ARKANSAS, MARCH 8th. 1862. / Terrific Fighting by the Union Forces, under Genls. Curtis and Sigel, and total defeat and rout of the Rebel Army, / under Van Dorn, Price and Mc.Gulloch." "6-" in pencil in top right corner. Unframed

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-12.4 W-16 inches

Provenance:

Objects and manuscripts from the Nims and Knight families of Roxbury and the Rugg family of Sullivan, given by a descendant, Helen E. (Mrs. Charles B.) Knight of Marlborough.

Credit Line:

Gift of Helen E. Knight

People:

Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888), Ives, James M. (1824-1895), Knight, Helen E. (1895-1985), Knight, Charles B. (1892-1968)

Subjects:

Civil War, Battles, Hand-to-hand fighting, Death, Flag bearers