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Walker the Artist and Theodore Davis at work on Lookout Mountain; Civil War; Chattanooga (Tenn)
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Walker the Artist and Theodore Davis at work on Lookout Mountain; Civil War; Chattanooga (Tenn)
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shades_chm_0003.tif
Title
Walker
the
Artist
and
Theodore
Davis
at
work
on
Lookout
Mountain
;
Civil
War
;
Chattanooga
(Tenn)
Alternate Title
James Walker and Theodore Davis on Lookout Mountain
Date
ca.
1863-1864
Genre
Photographs
Description
Two
seated
artists
work
outside
of a
tent
on a
smoky
hillside
. A
third
figure
chops
wood
at
lower
right
.
Historical note
James
Walker
(1819-1889)
and
Theodore
Davis
(1840-1894)
were "
Special
Artists
" for
news
magazines
such
as
Harper's
Weekly
and
Leslie's
Illustrated
Weekly
,
illustrating
news
reports
from the
front
. Here, the
artists
are
working
on
Lookout
Mountain
, the
scene
of "The
Battle
above
the
Clouds
" in
November
,
1863
.
Subject
Walker
,
James
,
1819-1889
;
Davis
,
Theodore
R.
,
1840-1894
;
Artists
;
United
States--History--Civil
War
,
1861-1865
Subject (TGM)
Artists
Mountains
Tents
Theme
Visualizing the War
The Persistence of Memory
Story
Orlando Poe
Reunions and Tourism
Geographic Location
United
States--Tennessee--Chattanooga
Time period
1860-1869
Rights
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on this
website
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for
individual
,
educational
use
only.
For
research
inquiries
about
specific
objects
or
requests
for
high
resolution
images
,
contact
Chicago
History
Museum
,
http://www.chicagohs.org/.
Credit line
Chicago History Museum, notebook 4 CW189.16
Type
Still
image
Format
image/jp2
Contributing Institution
Chicago History Museum
Digital Publisher
Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL
http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,29
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