Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895 Newspapers in camp

GLC08653.16

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GLC#
GLC08653.16-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1876
Author/Creator
Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
Title
Newspapers in camp
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 28." The newsman is sitting on horseback, surrounded by men in camp who are buying and reading the latest news from the front as it comes from the rear. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.9 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Title and image information taken from the table of contents from GLC 02199. Paper is brittle and edges are damaged.

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