War Sketches in the Capital, 1862

Not on View

Medium

hand-colored wood engraving on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 35.4 × 50.48 cm (13 15/16 × 19 7/8 in.)

sheet: 41.75 × 57.94 cm (16 7/16 × 22 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.2598

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Frank Leslie (publisher) American, 1821 - 1880

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right corner in graphite by unknown hand: 35-

text in block:
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. / Feb. 1, 1862. / Hay & Straw Dept. Cor. of F & 18th St. / Coccoran's [sic] Private Art Building / Clothing Dept. / Beef Depot Monument / War Sketches in the Capitol - By Our Special Artist in Washington - Grand Corral or Horse Depot in Washington. - See Page 167

Provenance

(The Old Print Shop, Washington, DC); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1976; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
The Old Print Gallery, Inc.

Exhibition History

1981: The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981, no. 30

1982: Washington on the Potomac, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1982, p. 10