Engraving

Title:

Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1969.079.01

Creator:

Walker, James (1819-1889)Artist; Hall, Henry B. Jr.Engraver; Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1876

Description:

Engraving. Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault, engraved by Henry B. Hall, Jr. after James Walker (1819-1889), published by John Badger Bachelder (1825-1894), 1876. Ink on paper. Scene of the repulse of Longstreet's Assault at the Battle of Gettysburg; soldiers in columns led by officers on horseback and horse-drawn wagons, marching into battle; smoke clouds rising from battlefield; wounded and dead soldiers, dead horses, scattered supplies lie on the ground, at bottom of print. Lower left, below image: "Painted by James Walker." At center, below image: "Historically arranged by John B. Bachelder." Lower right, below image: "Engraved by H. B. Hall, Jr." Title, lower margin, at center: "GETTYSBURG. / Repulse of Longstreet's Assault. / INDIA PROOF. / Entered according to Act of Congress AD. 1876 by John B. Bachelder, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." Handwritten in pencil, lower right in margin: "Charles S. Mellen Esq. / With the compliments of JNO. B. Bachelder." Lower right, in margin [printed]: "Published by John B. Bachelder. Boston. Mass." Gilded gesso over molded wood frame with pine cone decoration, corner blocks with concave circles and carved foliate design; liner with gilded interior; glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-24.5 W-44 inches

Provenance:

Anonymous gift from New Hampshire State Hospital to New Hampshire Historical Society.

This print is probably inscribed to Charles Sanger Mellen (1851-1927), president of the Northern Pacific Railway and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Born in Lowell, MA, his family moved to Concord, NH, in 1855. In 1869, after his graduation from Concord High School, he started work as a clerk for the Northern New Hampshire Railroad in Concord. By 1880, he became assistant to the manager of the Boston & Lowell Railroad, then serving as superintendent.

Credit Line:

Anonymous Gift

People:

Hall, Henry B. (1839-1913), Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894), Walker, James (1819-1889), Mellen, Charles S. (1851-1927)

Subjects:

Civil War, Battlefields, Battles, Soldiers