Col. Starkweather with his Wisconsin Regiment at Battle of Hoke's Run

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Col. Starkweather with his Wisconsin Regiment at Battle of Hoke's Run

Theodore Russell Davis (American, 1840–1894)

1861

Medium/Technique Graphite with gray and white washes on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 25.6 x 35.3 cm (10 1/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number55.846

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsDrawings

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik (Civil War) 0931

DescriptionStudy for wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, July 27, 1861, p. 475; text p. 471

InscriptionsInscribed on verso in graphite: Col. Starkweather with his Wisconsin regt. deploying as / skirmishers at the Battle of Hoke's Run. I will send / description with my next. There is every probability / of a battle soon. / (signed) Theo. R. Davis.

ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955