First Hand – Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection - Softcover

Bookbinder, Judith; Gallagher, Sheila

 
9781892850157: First Hand – Civil War Era Drawings from the Becker Collection
Softcover
ISBN 10: 189285015X ISBN 13: 9781892850157
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2010

Synopsis

During the nineteenth century Joseph Becker and thirteen of his colleagues served as artist-reporters for Frank Leslie's "Illustrated Newspaper". These Special Artists, as they were called, drew and sent back for publication images detailing the Civil War and the Indian Wars, the construction of the railroads and the transatlantic telegraph cable, the Chinese in the West, and the Great Chicago Fire, among other milestones in American history. Published to coincide with an exhibition of the same name at Boston College, "First Hand" examines drawings from the Becker Archive, the largest private collection of Civil War period drawings, offering its readers a unique opportunity to view nearly 130 works of art which have never been seen publicly. Essays from editors Judith Bookbinder and Sheila Gallagher and a number of eminent American historians provide extensive commentary on the images, including a discussion revealing how newspaper editors altered the original images before publication in their attempts to shape public opinion.

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About the Author

Judith Bookbinder teaches in the Department of Fine Arts at Boston College and is the author of Boston Modern: Figurative Expressionism as Alternative Medicine. Sheila Gallagher is an artist, independent curator, and associate professor of fine arts at Boston College.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
189285015X
ISBN 13 
9781892850157
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
274