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McCasky, J.E., fl. 1863 [Captive soldier in Libby Prison]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07201 Author/Creator: McCasky, J.E., fl. 1863 Place Written: s.l. Type: Painting Date: May 1863 Pagination: 1 art original : oil on canvas Height: 78.5 cm, Width: 73 cm Order a Copy

Oil on canvas, unstretched, of older Union soldier, with white hair and a mustache, seated on the ground in a despairing pose, holding his hand to his forehead, near a rifle. Signed at lower right "J. E. McCasky [or McCosky], NY / Libby Prison / May [?] 1863." The soldier is silhouetted behind the unpainted background. Fictionalized image, possibly intended for illustration.

McCasky, J. E., fl. 1863

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