lot of 5, all dated 1876 and 19" x 24" and signed in pencil and in plate lower left, includes Plate 34 The lull in the fight showing Union forces behind breast work with group of Confederate soldiers being lead towards the rear; PLUS Plate 35 Trading for coffee and tobacco between the fortified lines during a Truce, should 3 soldiers from each side spreading goods on blanket amide the stumps left from construction of breastworks; PLUS Plate 36 Going into Action showing artillery unit setting up at top of a ridge; PLUS Plate 39 "Bummers" they're johnnies as sure as you're born!, showing a group of 4 CSA cavalry mounted in road looking down a road with forest in background. Born in New York City, Edwin Forbes became a Civil War reportorial artist for Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, joining the staff at age 22 in 1961. He was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and was one of the youngest and one of the few artists who covered the entire war. Most of his illustrations were of the daily life of the soldiers, but he also depicted battle scenes including the Second Battle of Bull Run, and Hooker's Charge at Antietam. He used many of his pencil sketches for large paintings after the War and from them, did a series of detailed etchings, which were published in "Life Studies of the Great Army" in 1876 and "Thirty Years After: An Artist's Story of the Great War." As a young man, Forbes was a student of Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait and from 1861 to 1882, exhibited at the National Academy of Design. Originally he started his career as an animal painter and then did some genre and landscape, but after the Civil War, drew primarily upon his sketches from that period for his paintings and etchings. Late in his career, his right side was paralyzed, and he learned to paint left handed. Provenance: Estate of Ira Grosvenor Condition: All with slight damp stains.
lot of 5, all dated 1876 and 19" x 24" and signed in pencil and in plate lower left, includes Plate 34 The lull in the fight showing Union forces behind breast work with group of Confederate soldiers being lead towards the rear; PLUS Plate 35 Trading for coffee and tobacco between the fortified lines during a Truce, should 3 soldiers from each side spreading goods on blanket amide the stumps left from construction of breastworks; PLUS Plate 36 Going into Action showing artillery unit setting up at top of a ridge; PLUS Plate 39 "Bummers" they're johnnies as sure as you're born!, showing a group of 4 CSA cavalry mounted in road looking down a road with forest in background. Born in New York City, Edwin Forbes became a Civil War reportorial artist for Leslie's Illustrated newspaper, joining the staff at age 22 in 1961. He was attached to the Army of the Potomac, and was one of the youngest and one of the few artists who covered the entire war. Most of his illustrations were of the daily life of the soldiers, but he also depicted battle scenes including the Second Battle of Bull Run, and Hooker's Charge at Antietam. He used many of his pencil sketches for large paintings after the War and from them, did a series of detailed etchings, which were published in "Life Studies of the Great Army" in 1876 and "Thirty Years After: An Artist's Story of the Great War." As a young man, Forbes was a student of Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait and from 1861 to 1882, exhibited at the National Academy of Design. Originally he started his career as an animal painter and then did some genre and landscape, but after the Civil War, drew primarily upon his sketches from that period for his paintings and etchings. Late in his career, his right side was paralyzed, and he learned to paint left handed. Provenance: Estate of Ira Grosvenor Condition: All with slight damp stains.
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