Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894 Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault

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GLC#
GLC02131.02
Type
Images
Date
1876
Author/Creator
Bachelder, John B. (John Badger), 1825-1894
Title
Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault
Place Written
Boston, Massachusetts
Pagination
1 engraving : b&w Height: 69 cm, Width: 119 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Wide panoramic view at the moment of the repulse of Longstreet's (actually Pickett's) charge at the Battle of Gettysburg 1-3 July 1863. Large black and white steel engraving (papier colle) based on the larger painting by James Walker and painted under Bachelder's supervision. Viewed across a vast series of fields and small hills. Portions of the background appear etched. The Walker painting is reproduced in Holzer and Neely, Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: The Civil War in Art, pp. 128-129. (Sauers notes that the original painting is 7.5 x 20 feet.) Holzer-Neely identify Lewis A. Armistead, foreground, right center, and George G. Meade, center, right with field glasses. Engraved by H.B. Hall Jr., published by Bachelder. Uncolored.

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