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Camp Lily, Fremont's Headquarters, Jefferson City, Missouri Item Info
- Abstract:
- Camp scene with portraits.
- Title:
- Camp Lily, Fremont's Headquarters, Jefferson City, Missouri
- Artist:
- Lovie, Henri
- Date:
- October 4, 1861
- Transcription:
- Recto: [signed] "H.L. // Camp Lily, Fremont's Headquarters, Jefferson City. Mo. Oct. 5, 1861. // Hungarians. // Chas or Frank Fremont. // Fremont's tent. // Lilie Gen. Mrs. Fremont. // McKinley.";Verso: "Camp Lilie Fremont's Headquarters Jefferson City. // You will see that this sketch is a little finer in touch than most. Reason, Mrs. Fremont and Lily took special interest in it, and, I hope that you will make a careful and pretty engraving of it, as it will be looked for with interest at the Headquarters. The figures are all portraits."
- Subjects:
- Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Frémont, John Charles,--1813-1890 Military camps--Missouri
- Condition:
- Vertical and horizontal folds; pin marks in upper right corner; stains at four corners.
- Place:
- Missouri--Cole--Jefferson City Missouri--Cole--Camp Lily
- Medium:
- graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions:
- 7.5 x 9.5 in.
- Genre:
- Image;StillImage
- Coordinates:
- 38.5767017, -92.1735164
- Source:
- Original drawing location: CW-HL-MO-10/5/61 (Box 5.)
- URI:
- http://hdl.handle.net/2345/4492
- Ref. Number:
- (Becker)CW-HL-MO-10/5/61
- Collection:
- America's Civil War Years: Multiple Perspectives
- Tags:
- Horses Tent Uniform Women
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Attribution
- Citation:
- "Camp Lily, Fremont's Headquarters, Jefferson City, Missouri", The Becker Collection, Boston College Libraries, /items/2881.html