Forward March!
PrinterPrinted by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
(American, 1840 - 1867)
PublisherPublished by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
(American, 1840 - 1867)
PublisherPublished by
Phelps & Watson
(American, 1859 - 1864)
PublisherPublished by
F. P. Whiting
(American, born 1840)
Date1862
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 1/4 x 13 1/16in. (21 x 33.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 7/16 x 13 5/8in. (24 x 34.6cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Object number2002.110.0
DescriptionA Civil War cartoon depicting two ironclads steaming up a river. Both vessels have the heads and wings of hens. Smoke issues from two smokestacks on each ship, and large American flags fly from their sterns. Soldiers in ranks, some with rifles, some on horseback, and some driving horses drawings cannons on caissons advance along the river banks on either side, beneath the chickens' outspread wings. Trees, including evergreen trees, are on the left and right. The buildings and steeples of a large city are in the background. A third small steamboat, possibly a third ironclad, is in the river nearby.
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Label TextCivil War ironclads are depicted as hens protecting the Union troops beneath their outstretched wings in this contemporary cartoon dramatizing the advance of the James River flotilla in the spring of 1862. The Kellogg brothers of Hartford issued thousands of prints on a wide range of subjects during the period 1830-1870. A major exhibition of work by this firm will take place at the Connecticut Historical Society in 2007. (Finlay 9/16/2002)
NotesSubject Note: The title indicates that this print represents the protection afforded a Union advance on Richmond by Union navy iron clads. It may reflect the spring, 1862 advance of the James River Flotilla under the command of Commander J. Rogers. The flotilla was able to advance to within eight miles of Richard before it was turned back at Drewry's Battery. It could also represent Grant's drive on Richmond in November 1864, also supported by the James River Flotilla. (Christopher Lane, 9/10/2002)Status
Not on view
