The Sanitary Commission distributing tobacco to released prisoners on board "Star of the South," from the deck of the "New York."
Summary
Title inscribed on verso.
Unidentified bust portrait on verso.
A.R. Waud inscribed on verso, but not a signature. Attributed to W. Waud in Harper's Weekly.
Published in: Harper's Weekly, January 14, 1865, p. 29.
Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2)
Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
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star of the south steamship
united states sanitary commission
new york ship
history
civil war
prisoners
union
military personnel
ships
soldiers
south carolina
charleston
drawings
american
sanitary
commission
sanitary commission
tobacco
board
star
deck
new york
1864
drawings documentary
william waud
drawing
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harpers weekly
portrait bust
library of congress
Date
01/01/1864
Contributors
Waud, William, -1878, artist
Source
Library of Congress
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