Demorest's New-York Illustrated News Woodcut collection

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Demorest's New-York Illustrated News Woodcut collection

1861-1865

http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1406

This collection consists of four engraved cherrywood plates depicting life on a Civil War battlefield that were carved in Philadelphia and printed for the newspaper Demorest's New-York Illustrated News. Each block depicts a scene from the war in Maryland: Mattawoman Creek, Federal Hill in Baltimore, Poolesville, and Annapolis to Washington. Full-size prints from each block and photocopies of the newspaper issues in which the pictures were originally published accompany the print blocks. Also included is a newspaper print from the Pictorial War Record: Battles of the Late Civil War, Saturday, January 13, 1883 edition. It shows a reprint of a print originally published in Demorest's New-York Illustrated News depicting the "Capture of the First Confederate Battle Flag by the Eighth Illinois Cavalry."

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eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 6326265

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Demorest's New-York Illustrated News was a newspaper that was active during the American Civil War. From the guide to the Demorest's New-York Illustrated News Woodcut collection, 1861-1865, 1861-1865, (University of Marland Libraries) The New-York Illustrated News was first published on November 12, 1859. It was modelled after other illustrated newspapers such as Frank Leslie's Illustrated News and Harper's Weekly. It had several owners and editors in...