Lithograph

Title:

The Army of the Potomac

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1995.591.05

Creator:

Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894); Bufford, John H. (1810-1870)

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1863

Description:

Hand-colored lithograph, The Army of the Potomac, lithographed by John H. Bufford (1810-1870), after John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), published by John Badger Bachelder, 1863. Ink and watercolor on paper. Center background, columns of horse-drawn army wagons, officers on horseback, and soldiers marching through an open field and down a hill toward Bear Creek. In middle ground, soldiers and army wagons crossing Bear Creek. In foreground, two officers on horseback to the right of soldiers sleeping and cooking food over a fire. "Entered According to Act of Congress in the year 1863 J. B. Bachelder, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court Massachusetts." centered text below the print; "FROM NATURE BY JNO. B. BACHELDER." in lower left corner; "LITH. OF J.H. BUFFORD, BOSTON." in lower right corner; "The Army of the Potomac. [in script] / THE WAGON TRAINS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC EN ROUTE FROM CHICKAHOMINY TO JAMES RIVER VA. DURING THE SEVEN DAYS FIGHT. / (FORDING BEAR CREEK ONE MILE BELOW SAVAGE STATION) / JUNE 29TH. 1862." "Published by Jno. B. Bachelder / 123 Washington St. Boston Mass." in script in lower right corner; "PROOF" in lower left corner. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-21.9 W-27.7 inches

Credit Line:

Found in Collection of New Hampshire Historical Society

People:

Bufford, John H. (1810-1870), Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)

Subjects:

Civil War, War, Battles, Marching, Rest, Rivers, Fords (Stream crossings)