- Title:
- Key to the Painting and Engraving of the Battle of Gettysburg
- Object Name:
- Object ID:
- 1921.004.02.2
- Creator:
- Walker, James (1819-1889)
Artist ; Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)Artist ; Heliotype Printing CompanyManufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Heliotype Print. Key to the Painting and Engraving of the Battle of Gettysburg, original painting by James Walker (1819-1889), printed by the Heliotype Printing Company, and published by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), c. 1870. Ink on paper. Horizontal rectangle. Panoramic view of battle within a horizontal rectangular box at top with corresponding numbers and letters to Union/Confederate references and local points listed in horizontal rectangular box beneath. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870 by John B. Bachelder in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York," written at bottom of top rectangular box; "KEY TO THE PAINTING AND ENGRAVING OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. / 'REPULSE OF LONGSTREET'S ASSAULT.' / JULY 3 1863." centered text and situated between the top and bottom boxes; "UNION REFERENCES.", "LOCAL POINTS,", "CONFEDERATE REFERENCES." each separated into four columns with corresponding numbers and letters to those listed in the top box; "The name of every Brigade, Regiment, Battery, and Officer represented on this Painting will be found in the Index to the DESCRIPTIVE KEY, preceded by the number indicating its position on the Painting, and followed by reference to the pages describing it." written at bottom of lower box. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12.5 W-19.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by John Badger Bachelder.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Amanda Stevens and Charlotte B. Stevens
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