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Chattanooga from the Artists Camp
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Description
Creator
Davis
,
Theodore
(1840-1894)
Title
Chattanooga
from the
Artists
Camp
Alternate Title
Working at Easel
Date
1864
Genre
Drawings
Material/Technique
ink and wash on paper
Description
Black
and
white
scene
of a
man
standing
at an
easel
on a
wooded
hillside
in the
lower
right
section
of
image
. The
landscape
he
is
sketching
has a
river
bend
and a
low
hill
.
Historical note
Theodore
Davis
and
James
Walker
were
two
of the
most
prolific
"
Special
Artists
"
working
in the
Chattanooga
and
Lookout
Mountain
area
for
Harpers
Weekly
and
other
publications
during
the
Civil
War
. Here,
Davis
depicts
a
fellow
artist
,
possibly
Walker
,
painting
a
bend
in the
Tennessee
River
with the
city
of
Chattanooga
featured
behind
a
low
hill
.
After
the
Confederate
defeats
of
Lookout
Mountain
and
Missionary
Ridge
in
November
1863
, the
path
to
Atlanta
was
opened
for
Union
forces
,
who
would have been on the
move
in
1864
.
Wagons
move
across
a
pontoon
bridge
toward
Chattanooga
.
Subject
Chattanooga
(Tenn.)
,
Battle
of;
United
States
--
History
--
Civil
War
,
1861-1865
--
Art
and the
war
Theme
Visualizing the War
Story
Samuel Palmer
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Chattanooga
;
United
States--Tennessee--Lookout
Mountain
Time period
1860-1869
Language
eng
Rights
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reproduced
on this
website
are
intended
for
individual
,
educational
use
only
. Any
reproduction
,
even
for
student
use
, should be
labeled
with the
accompanying
credit
line
as
well
as the
name
of the
lending
institution
.
Research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
must
be
sent
directly
to the
institution
that
holds
the
item
(i.e.
, "
contributing
institution")
.
Identifier
1991.044.003
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Contributing Institution
Chattanooga History Center
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
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