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Creator Role
draftsman and illustrator
Description
Steel engraving: ""Retreat of the Confederates from Shiloh."" This work is likely a reproduction removed from a book. In the foreground, there is a solider and horse lying down wounded. In the center of the image, there are four wounded soldiers walking from the battle. There is one solider riding a horse. Two covered wagons are also depicted.
Description Source
Getty Images, https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/retreat-of-the-confederates-from-shiloh-the-battle-of-news-photo/1151165679?adppopup=true, accessed on February 18th 2020
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
ca. 1878
Measurement
7 1/4 X 9 1/2 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
lithographic engraving (printing process)
Inscription
recto, bottom center: "Retreat of the Confederates from Shiloh"
Subjects
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, -- 1822-1888 -- Exhibitions; Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, -- 1822-1888; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
Work Type
lithographic engravings (prints)
Class
prints
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
Related Source
From ""Our Country: a Household History for All Readers, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time"", Volume 3, by Benson J. Lossing. [Johnson & Miles, New York, 1878].
ID
1341
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.