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Title:

First hand : Civil War era drawings from the Becker collection / edited by Judith Bookbinder and Sheila Gallagher.

Publisher:

McMullen Museum of ArtBoston College ;

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

272 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 27 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Exhibitions.--Exhibitions.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Exhibitions.--Exhibitions.
War artists--United States--History--19th century--Exhibitions.
Drawing, American--19th century--Exhibitions.
Becker, Joseph,--1841-1910--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Bookbinder, Judith Arlene.
Gallagher, Sheila
McMullen Museum of Art

Notes:

Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Sept. 5-Dec. 13, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-272).

Contents:

Preface / Nancy Netzer -- Introduction / Sheila Gallagher and Judith Bookbinder -- An artist's interesting recollections of Leslie's weekly / Joseph Becker -- Civil War drawings as art / Judith Bookbinder -- Drawing as information / Sheila Gallagher -- Seeing the archives / James M. O'Toole -- Special artists of the Civil War / Harry L. Katz -- In the midst of battle / Judith Bookbinder -- Figures of life and figures of death / James D. Wallace -- The black image in the white northern mind / Lucia Zaucha Knoles -- Microhistories : Civil War witnessing before memorialization / Nirmal Trivedi -- Authenticity, the master author, and the missing hand / Natasha Seaman -- Joeseph Becker visits the Shakers / Robert P. Emlen -- Political(?) cartoons in the Becker Collection / Vincent J. Cannato.

ISBN:

189285015X
9781892850157

OCLC:

(OCoLC)436726651

LCCN:

2009926641

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)