Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 A hot day

GLC08653.15

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GLC#
GLC08653.15-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1876
Author/Creator
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Title
A hot day
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
1 etching : b&w Height: 47.9 cm, Width: 60.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
Reconstruction

Marked "Plate 27." Group of five images. Upper left is titled "A Hot Day," and depicts soldiers grouped about a gun in position, and sleeping under a shelter. Upper right is titled "Beef Steak Rare," and shows a grizzled soldier in camp holding a frying pan with a long handle over a fire, Bottom left image is titled "A Straggler," depicting a soldier with his knapsack hanging from his rifle -- table of contents says he is "Always sick when a fight is expected." Lower middle images is titled "A Quiet Nibble on the Cavalry Skirmish Lines," and shows a cavalryman smoking a pipe and looking into the distance while his horse eats grass. Lower left image is titled "A Cavalry Orderly Waiting Orders," and shows a soldier holding the reins of his horse. 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 from GLC02199. Paper is brittle and edges are damaged.

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