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Plate 9: A Christmas Dinner
- Creator:
- Edwin Forbes, Henry J. Johnson
- Location:
- unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1876
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 21 in x 26 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0357
- 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 the outer picket line. An off duty-soldier sits in a make-shift shelter of pine boughs and fence rails and cooks a meager meal over a fire while trying to warm his hands. Another soldier is visible in the background. The artist's signature is in the plate in the lower left corner. This is Plate 9 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
