Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 Through the Wilderness

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GLC#
GLC02199.03-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1876
Author/Creator
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Title
Through the Wilderness
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 etching : b&w Height: 46.9 cm, Width: 59.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Marked "Plate 3." Depicts a team of 5 horses being whipped by their riders as they drag a wagon of supplies and a piece of artillery along a muddy lane in the forest. The wagon wheels are caked with mud. The body of a dead horse lies in the lower left foreground. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.8 x 40.2 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible.

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