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Luce Center
General Sherman's Troops Shooting Bloodhounds
Object Number:
1945.580.5
Date:
1861-65
Medium:
Graphite on beige paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 11/16 x 6 7/16 in. ( 11.9 x 16.4 cm )
mat: 11 x 14 in. ( 27.9 x 35.6 cm )
Inscriptions:
Verso inscribed in graphite: "Genl. Shermans troops / Killing Bloodhounds / Genl Shermans men invariably / killed all the bloodhounds and / dogs of most every description / by order of the commanding / general."
Description:
Civil War Drawings Collection
Credit Line:
James B. Wilbur Fund
Provenance:
John T. Kavanaugh Collection, Rutherford, New Jersey, 1945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.