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Plate 39: "Bummers. They're Johnnies as Sure as You're Born, Boys!"
- Creator:
- Edwin Forbes, Henry J. Johnson
- Location:
- New York City, New York County, New York State
- Origin Date:
- 1876
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 21 in x 26 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0578
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
This copper etching was done from Forbes' original sketches done on the battlefields as the special artist for "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" from 1862-1864. This etching depicts a group of bummers on horse and muleback, huddled in the road, anxiously watching a body of men who have just appeared at a turn in the road. The artist's signature is in the plate in the lower left corner. This is Plate 39 of 40 in the Life Studies of the Great Army by Edwin Forbes, copyrighted by him in 1876, and published for subscribers by Henry J. Johnson, New York. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
