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Camp life with General Williams
Attributed to: Theodore Russell Davis (American, 1840–1894)
1861
Medium/Technique
Graphite, pen and ink, gray and white washes on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.4 x 35.2 cm (10 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 Number55.847
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (Civil War) 0945
DescriptionNine scenes. Reproduced in wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, July 27, 1861, p. 474; "Sketched by the Artist of his staff"; text p. 471.
InscriptionsIndividual titles inscribed beneath all nine scenes, from top left to right: ESCAPE OF REBEL PICKET; COUNCIL of WAR; RANGERS FORDING; Gen. (something illegible) QUARTER'S at HOKE'S RUN; SKIRMISH At HOKE'S RUN; HEADQUARTERS of Gen. PATTERSON; CARING for the WOUNDED; FORDING; SECESSION CAMP
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA October 20, 1955