Captain W.F. Bartlett and Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Palfrey at Camp Benton, MD, Nov. 1861
Captain W.F. Bartlett and Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Palfrey at Camp Benton, MD, Nov. 1861
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Captain W.F. Bartlett and Lieutenant-Colonel F.W. Palfrey at Camp Benton, MD, Nov. 1861
Description:
Lieutenant Col. F.W. Palfrey and Capt. W.F. Bartlett of the 20th MA Volunteers are talking, while a soldier seems about to give them a message. In the background, are a row of tents, soldiers, a cabin, and a horse.
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Notes:
Signed and dated "Winslow Homer 1881" on back.
The painting depicts the time just after the Twentieth Regiment's defeat and heavy losses at the Battle of Ball's Bluff.
Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, "American Battle Painting," July 4-September 4, 1944 and New York, Museum of Modern Art, October 3-November 18, 1944
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, "The Sword In America, 1000-1954," Corcoran