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Union Prisoners at Salisbury
1862–63
Medium/Technique
Lithograph with buff and blue tints on paper; hand-colored
Dimensions
Image: 55.6 x 96.2 cm (21 7/8 x 37 7/8 in.)
Sheet: 70.5 x 105.9 cm (27 3/4 x 41 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 70.5 x 105.9 cm (27 3/4 x 41 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.69
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik 0076
DescriptionDrawn while Boetticher, a captain in the Civil War, was a prisoner of war at Salisbury. Shows union prisoners playing baseball with many looking on.
InscriptionsIn stone, below image at left: Lith of Sarony, Major & Knapp 449 Broadway NYork
In stone, below image at center: Entered according to the act of congress in the year 1863 etc; title/ drawn from nature by acting major Otto Boetticher/ other notes.
In stone, below image at center: Entered according to the act of congress in the year 1863 etc; title/ drawn from nature by acting major Otto Boetticher/ other notes.
ProvenanceAccessioned February 14, 1962. M. & M. Karolik Collection. Maxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 8, 1964