Collection Highlights
The definitive treaty of peace and friendship, between His Britannick Majesty, the Most Christian King, and the King of Spain : concluded at Paris, the 10th day of February, 1763, to which, the King of Portugal acceded on the same day...
Date:
1763
Object Number:
LIB.Y1763.Tre
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Drawings
Captain Totten's Company of Artillery Opening Fire on the Secessionists
Object Number:
1945.580.7
Date:
1861
Medium:
Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (16.5 x 23.2 cm)
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower left in graphite: "O.C.R."; verso inscribed at right vertically: "Capt Tottens' Company of Artillery opening / fire on the secessionists -- Sketched in the field / by our special Artist"
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection. Captain Totten's Company was also called the "Pulaski Light Artillery", which participated in the Battle of Wilson's Creek (Oak Hills), Missouri, August 1861.
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
