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Tidings from the Battlefield, (painting)

Catalog Data

Artist:
Brannan, William P.  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Exhibition Catalogs
Date:
1876
Notes:
Appears in exhibition catalog as entry no. 16
Represents a returned soldier relating to the home-folks his various "adventures by flood and field;" his "hair-breadth, 'scapes, i' the imminent deadly breach," and "all the pomp, pride, and circumstance of glorious war." [P. 407; exhibited under heading: "Paintings."]
History of the Great Western Sanitary Fair. C.F. Vent & Co., Publishers, No. 38 West-Fourth Street. Grafton fecit. Lith. of Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y. N.Y.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Occupation--Military  Search this
State of Being--Evil--War  Search this
Recreation--Leisure--Conversation  Search this
Control number:
AECI 00270016
Data Source:
Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_aeci_3363