Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter of 1918
1918
1984.68
Oil on canvas
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Luce Center
Wooded Scene of Duryea's Zouaves (5th New York Infantry) Marching Near Lake in Virginia
Title
Wooded Scene of Duryea's Zouaves (5th New York Infantry) Marching Near Lake in Virginia
Date
1862
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, glazing, and scratching out on heavy paper
Dimensions
Overall: 4 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. ( 12.1 x 20 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Credit Line
Purchase, Accessions Sales Fund
Object Number
1951.87
Marks
signature and date: lower left: "McIlvaine--1862"
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed at lower left inside image in brown watercolor: "McIlvaine. 1862"; at lower left outside image in graphite: "in Viriginia, 1862 / By William MacIlvaine / of Duryea's Zoaves"
Gallery Label
The Civil War study was done by the artist while serving as a member of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry (Duryee's Zouaves).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
