Traffic Between the Lines

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 Traffic Between the Lines

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GLC#
GLC02199.35-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1876
Author/Creator
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Title
Traffic Between the Lines
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 etching : b&w Height: 46.9 cm, Width: 59.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Marked "Plate 35." Depicts pickets trading for coffee and tobacco between the fortified lines during a truce. The enemy's works, protected by abattis and cheveaux-de-frise, are seen in the background, with groups of soldiers on the parapet. The landscape is dominated by left over tree stumps. The forest was probably decimated to make the fortifications in the background. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.7 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents.

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