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The Bravest of the Brave - General Rosecrans Reconnoitering Item Info
- Abstract:
- Unusual large portrait drawing; beautifully rendered .
- Title:
- The Bravest of the Brave - General Rosecrans Reconnoitering
- Artist:
- Lovie, Henri
- Date:
- no date
- Transcription:
- Recto: "Harpers published the best photograph of Rosecrans, get that, make the beard and hair light all published ones are too dark. Rosecrans is very fair, I give you R's dress exactly, common blue overcoat. 2 lower buttons fast, the rest flying open, showing the dark undercoat and the 2 rows of 3 cluster buttons [small sketch] slouched hat, give expression as cool and unconcerned as possible. His staff officers are between the guns, shouting and waving their hands for him to come back. I think you can make a splendid historical picture of this, do your best. Put R more in the center of the picture the ground is rising and in a slumpy field, be sure and make a tip-top portrait. // The Bravest of the Brave. // Gen Rosecrans reconnoitering under the guns of the Stokes Battery (Chicago Board of Trade Battery) Battle of Stone River.";Verso: no text.
- Subjects:
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Rosecrans, William S.--(William Starke),--1819-1898 Generals--United States
- Condition:
- In three pieces; ripped along vertical and horizontal folds; dog ears at corners; modern (archival) adhesive on back.
- Place:
- Tennessee--Rutherford--Stones River National Battlefield
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 17 x 13.75 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 35.8805236, -86.4348155
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-HL-UK-NDb (Box 5.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4530
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-HL-UK-NDb
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Artillery Boots Horses Uniform
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "The Bravest of the Brave - General Rosecrans Reconnoitering", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2808.html