Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
Date:
ca. 1770
Object Number:
1864.5
Medium:
Marble
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Lager and Flag Presentation; from "Scenes, Sports, and Incidents in Camp Graham, near Washington, D.C."
Object Number:
1945.580.52
Date:
December 14, 1861
Medium:
Graphite on brown paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 35.9 x 16.5 cm )
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "Lumley fecit"; at center: "LAGER"; at lower center: "FLAG PRESENTATION"
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection. Engraved for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 11 January 1862 (XIII:320):120; 2 of 6 vignettes under the title:
"Scenes, Sports and Incidents in Camp Graham, Near Washington, D.C., Headquarters of the Twenty-Third Pennsylvania Regiment, on the Occasion of the Presentation of Regimental Colors, by the State of Pennsylvania, Saturday, December 14--."
The accompanying article, on page 119, was titled "Camp Graham and Its Festivities."
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.
