(CIVIL WAR MARYLAND) William S Henay artist Camp of First R

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(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) William S. Henay, artist. Camp of First Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, Camp Hooker, on Lower Potomac. Photograph of a drawing, 8 3/4 x 12 inches, with printed caption in the negative, on original plain mount with manuscript cropping and framing instructions; moderate foxing and uneven toning. Maryland, late 19th-century reproduction of 1862 drawing

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The artist was a corporal in the 1st Massachusetts Infantry. Through April 1862, they wintered at Camp Hooker in Charles County, MD, on the Potomac south of Alexandria, VA and Washington. This is a photographic copy of the original drawing, possibly produced for publication. Other examples are held at the Providence Public Library and Harvard University. One example was published in Brookline Historical Publications Society #10, 1897. Provenance: collection of Arthur G. "Gil" Barrett.