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Museum purchase, 1981.40.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Sherman's March to the Sea
Museum purchase, 1981.40.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Sherman's March to the Sea

PublisherPublished by Lucius Stebbins American, 1810 - 1901
PrintmakerMade by Alexander Hay Ritchie American, 1822 - 1895
DraftsmanIllustrated by Felix Octavius Carr Darley American, 1822 - 1888
FramerFramed by Kellogg & Butler American, 1881 - 1883
Date1868
MediumEngraving; black printer's ink on paper in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 24 1/2 × 40 3/8in. (62.2 × 102.6cm)
Frame (height x width): 41 3/8 × 55 7/8in. (105.1 × 141.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionSteel engraving, framed, depicting General Sherman's march to the sea, drawing by Felix Octavius Carr Darley, engraving by Alexander hay Ritchie, and published in Hartford by Lucius Stebbins. Framed by Kellogg & Butler.
Object number1981.40.0
MarkingsLabel on verso of frame, printed in black ink: "Art Dealers / KELLOGG & BUTLER, / Photographers. / 263 Main Street. / HARTFORD, CONN. / WILLIAM KELLOGG. / ALBERT L. BUTLER"InscribedLower left, pencil: "F.O.C. Darley"

Lower right, pencil: "AH Ritchie"

Printed in black ink in center margin: "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1868 by L. Stebbins in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the United States for the district of Connecticut"
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