Name/Title
PrintEntry/Object ID
GHS 713Description
Civil War battle scene at Gettysburg, July 2nd 1863. 2.5 inch gilded frame with a carved leaf in each corner. 2.125"x 1.625", off-white border around illustration. The bottom of the border lists the divsion and military leaders who fought at Cemetary Hill and Culps Hill. Foreground: wounded men in blue and gray union uniforms in left corner and soldiers treated by medics in right corner. Mid ground shows officers on horseback carrying union flag being approached by soldiers on foot carrying confederate flag. Background: Hills, trees, and cloudy gray and blue skies. Dominant colors: Blue, gray, brown, red and green.
Label on back of canvas, "Loaned by Mrs. William H. Bennet, 1837, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA . Lower right hand corner: ""E.A. Wenderath 1868, copyright secured."Artwork Details
Medium
GIlded wood, glass, paper, inkMade/Created
Date made
1868Notes
Creation Date: 1868Dimensions
Height
26-3/4 inWidth
32 inDepth
2-1/4 inProvenance
Notes
GHS True Accession Book, 'Oil painting in Frame of Battle of Gettysburg, loaned by Mrs, W. H Bennett."