Apr 14, 2015 - Sale 2380

Sale 2380 - Lot 103

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
SIGNED PROOF (CIVIL WAR--PRINTS.) Ritchie, Alexander Hay, engraver; after F.O.C. Darley. [On the March to the Sea.] Engraving, 33 3/4 x 49 inches, proof before letters; 2-inch closed tear in image area, 3-inch closed tear with tape repair in right margin, other minor wear and foxing, backed with early linen; signed in pencil by Darley and Ritchie. Hartford, CT: L. Stebbins, 1868

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A dramatic depiction of Sherman's march. Union troops destroy farm buildings and a rail line, with the assistance of an African-American man and woman in the foreground.