Engraving

Title:

Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1995.573.13

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." Lower right, in margin: "Published by John B. Bachelder. Boston. Mass." Black molded wood frame, glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-22 W-41.5 inches

Provenance:

Found in Collection of New Hampshire Historical Society

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Hall, Henry B. (1839-1913), Walker, James (1819-1889), Longstreet, James, Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)

Subjects:

Civil War, Battlefields, Battles, Death, Soldiers, Wounded in war