Currier & Ives Battle of Williamsburg Va. May 5th 1862
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02881.03 Author/Creator: Currier & Ives Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: circa 1862 Pagination: 1 lithograph : col. ; 29.4 x 40.4 cm. Order a Copy
Hand colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives at 152 Nassau Street, New York. Print is mounted. Caption under the title reads: "Victorious charge of the gallant Soldiers of the North and East, under Genl. McClellan, the invincible leader of the Army of the Potomac." While the caption says this was a "Victorious charge," the Battle of Williamsburg was an inconclusive victory for the Army of the Potomac. Rows of Federal and Confederate troops are shown clashing in close combat, with a magenta hue dominating their depiction. The foreground shows several Union troops in blue uniforms, a solider carrying an American flag, an officer on horseback urging his troops forward, and a killed or wounded officer lying on the ground with his horse next to a cannon (no blood is depicted). See GLC02881.25 for a more varied coloration of the same lithograph.
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