Name/Title
PaintingEntry/Object ID
1987.021.001Description
Oil painting depicting encampment of Union soldiers in Cumberland Gap, TN during the Civil War.
Signed: "AM Willard 1911" in lower right-hand corner.
Willard served w/Company C, 86th O.V.I. in the war.
Framed: wooden stretcher & 2-inch frame w/gilt grape leaves & bunches of grapes around border w/ribbed, brown background.
Appraiser questioned authenticity in Feb. 1987.
See additional info in accession file.Artwork Details
Medium
Wood, Canvas, Oil Paints, wire, Oil PaintingCollection
ArtMade/Created
Artist
Archibald Willard (authenticity questioned by appraiser, 02/1987.Date made
1911Notes
Early Date: 1911
Made: Archibald M Willard, Bedford, OH.
Used: Possibly painted for fellow Civil War veteran.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects