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| Title | Forbes etching: [Fording a River and] A Halt for Twenty Minutes, plate 38 |
| Description | Edwin Forbes (1839-1895) worked as a field artist for Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper from 1862 to 1864. He covered the Army of the Potomac. Leslies employed artists like Forbes to draw battle scenes, life in camp, portraits of soldiers and other views. These drawings were then made into engravings that the paper published. In 1876 Forbes published a portfolio of etchings based on his Civil War sketches. The title of this scene is from the etching and the book: William Forrest Dawson. A Civil War Artist at the Front: Edwin Forbes' Life Studies of the Great Army (New York: Oxford University Press, 1957). |
| Subject.tgm | Etchings
Rivers
Soldiers
Military camps
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| Artist | Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
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| Publisher | Forbes, Edwin, 1839-1895
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| Date | 1876 |
| Time period | 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869 |
| Dimensions | 23 inches wide x 19 inches tall |
| Repository number | E491.F76 1876 plate 38 |
| Repository name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Collection | Civil War Collection
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Original file size | 81769 KB |
| Original resolution (dpi) | 300 |
| Original dimensions (pixels) | 6000 x 4650 |
| Camera/scanner specifications | Phase One P45+ |
| Donor | The Wayne Whalen Digital Archive is made possible by the partners of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
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| Original file name | CF028564.tif |
