Original Henri Lovie Civil War Lithograph BATTLE OF MUNFORDVILLE Kentucky 1862 For Sale
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Original Henri Lovie Civil War Lithograph BATTLE OF MUNFORDVILLE Kentucky 1862:
$14.99
Originalantique lithograph of a dramatic drawing by Henri Lovie showingConfederates charging the Federal defenses at the 1862 Battle ofMunfordville,printedmore than 115 years ago.
- The image area measures 21 x36 cm [8¼\" x 14¼\"],and letterpress text in the lower margin describes the ferociousattack, whichresulted in the surrender of the Union garrison.
- The view is titled Battle of Mumfordsville,Ky., Sunday, September 14, 1862. — The Confederates Charging Throughthe Abatis in Frontofthe Fortifications near Green River. Note that Munfordvilleis spelledas Mumfordsville. An abatis is a defensive obstacle formed by felledtrees with sharpened branches facing the enemy.
- Condition: This original lithograph is in verygood condition, bright and clean, with nomarks,rips, tears, or creases. It is printed on a lightweight paper that hastoned slightly with age, giving it a fine antique patina.Please see the scans and feelfree to ask any questions.
- It is an original, authentic antique lithograph, nota reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to begenuine.
- It was published in Battles and Commandersof the Civil War, edited by General Marcus Joseph Wright,Washington, D.C., 1902.
- Henri Lovie was one of thesketchartists who covered the Civil War for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Henri Lovie had been trained inEuropeand was noted for graphic images which conveyed the horror of battle.Inanother of this drawings, depicting the bloody aftermath at Shiloh, heshowedUnion soldiers helping a comrade whose arm has been blown off. In themargin of another of his sketches, showing theBattle of Fort Henry, he wrote a note to himself, \"Make scene as wildas possible.\"
- On the reverse side there\'s another full-page lithograph,morecelebratory than horrific, titled General McClellan and HisArmy Passing Through Frederick City, Md.,in Pursuit of the Confederates, September 12, 1862, from asketchby Edwin Forbes.
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