Ely's Ford. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Summary
Wagons and cavalry fording river in foreground, while infantry cross pontoon bridge in background.
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud.
Title inscribed below image.
Inscribed upper left: Poplars. Inscribed lower left: Brown Sand.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, May 28, 1864, p. 348 as : Hancocks Troops crossing the Rapidan.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.191)
Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1864.
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Tags
Date
01/01/1864
Contributors
Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.