Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 The "Reliable Contraband"
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02199.23 Author/Creator: Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: 1876 Pagination: 1 etching : b&w ; 46.9 x 59.6 cm. Order a Copy
Marked "Plate 23." A scene at the cavalry outpost. In the foreground, a Black enslaved person is leading an old horse and is seen hesitatingly imparting to anxious officers what little information he possesses of the enemy's movements. Cavalrymen and their horses are grouped about the house in the middle ground, and in the distance a look-out is sitting on his horse watching the road through the woods, in anticipation of the approach of the enemy. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.4 x 40.5 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents.
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