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Winter quarters in Virginia : Army of the Potomac - 1864
Title
Winter quarters in Virginia : Army of the Potomac - 1864.
Published
1866.
Physical Description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 40 x 50.3 cm. in frame 60.2 x 70.3 cm.
Notes
Signed Geo. C. Lambdin, 1866.
Title from frame inscription.
On verso of frame: Dealer label from Hendrickson, Doll & Richards in Boston. Exhibition label for Museum of Fine Arts, loaned from Nathan Appleton (July 1876). Exhibition label in 1961 for CGA (?) and in 1962 for Boston Museum of Fine Arts, lender West Point Museum. Christie's label for Sale 8886, lot 3, 21 May 98.
Provenance
Gift of the Beinecke Foundation, 1998.
Biographical / Historical Note
George Cochran Lamdin, American painter.
Summary
Oil painting depicting a Union soldier in uniform sitting in his quarters, staring into the fire. Personal effects around him include papers at his feet, a saddle behind him, and a sword and bridle on the wall behind him.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
George Cochran Lambdin, Winter Quarters in Virginia. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
George Cochran Lambdin, Winter Quarters in Virginia. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Oil paintings (visual works)
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