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Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895) A wagoner's shanty

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08653.03 Author/Creator: Forbes, Edwin (1839-1895) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: 1876 Pagination: 1 etching : b&w ; 47.9 x 60.5 cm. Order a Copy

Marked "Plate 4." Contains 3 separate images. Upper left image is titled "A wagoner's shanty," and shows a winter camp of a wagoner. The wagoner is chopping a log in front of his log cabin, which has an overhang of crossed branches and brush. At the top of the chimney is a wooden barrel, where smoke is emanating. Two horses are tied to a post in the background. Upper right image is titled "The Deserted Picket-hut" and shows a desolate scene with a tent-like structure covered in dirt. Bottom image is titled "Mud Huts," and shows several huts with smoke emanating from chimneys topped by wooden barrels. A man in the foreground sits on a log bench in front of one of the huts. A clothesline of drying clothes hangs in the foreground as well. Actual size of the image without the margins is 27.7 x 40.3 cm. Outline from matting is faintly visible. Brittle paper and damaged edges. Titles taken from the table of contents of GLC02199.

Created by Forbes, a member of the French Etching Club, while he travelled with the Union Army from 1862-1865. Born in New York City, Forbes became a Civil War reportorial artist for Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, joining the staff at age 22 in 1861.

Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895

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