Life Studies of the Great Army in the Civil War by Edwin Forbes

Edwin Forbes (1839-1895) was an artist born in New York. At eighteen he began his career by doing animal paintings, and in 1859 he became a student of artist Arthur F. Tait. When the Civil War began, Forbes joined the Army of the Potomac and traveled throughout the South from 1862-64 as a special artist for Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. His war time works included battle views, newsworthy events, and freed African-American slaves, but he focused much of his work on the day-to-day life of the common soldier. After the war he returned to New York to paint landscape and genre scenes. In 1876 he published a series of forty copper plate etchings of his war time work without text as "Life Studies of the Great Army." The work won an award at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and the first proofs were purchased by William T. Sherman for donation to the War Office in Washington.
The Life Studies of the Great Army in the Civil War by Edwin Forbes collection includes thirty-nine of the forty etchings in the original series made in 1876 as well as three additional prints: "Awaiting the Attack. Infantry," "A Scouting Party. Cavalry," and "Just In Time. Artillery." The prints are unbound, Elephant folio and contain the following titles (excluding the missing plate 17):
1. Tattoo and Reveille, The Beginning and The End
2. The Commissary's Quarters in Winter Camp
3. Through the Wilderness
4. Winter Camp: A Wagoner's Shanty, A Picket Hut, Mud Huts
5. The Pontoon Bridges
6. A Thirsty and a News- Hungary Army: A Thirsty Crowd, Newspapers for the Army
7. The Leader of the Herd
8. Necessary Routine: On Picket, Washing Day
9. A Christmas Dinner
10. Buildings and People: A Slave Cabin, The Old Grist Mill, Dabney the Orderly, "Got Any Pies for Sale, Aunty?", A Pickaninny
11. The Newspaper Correspondent
12. "Coffee Coolers"
13. Officers' Winter Quarters
14. An Army Forge
15. Returning from Outpost Duty
16. A Night March
18. The Rear of the Column
19. Marching in the Rain: Stuck in the Mud, A Flank March Across Country
20. Fall in for Soup
21. Going into Camp at Night
22. Waiting for Something To Turn Up: On Picket, The Old Saw Mill, Waiting
23. "The Reliable Contraband"
24. Home, Sweet Home
25. The Distant Battle
26. A Cavalry Charge
27. Soldiers Pass the Time: A Hot Day, Beef Steak Rare!, A Straggler, A Quiet Nibble, A Cavalry Orderly
28. Newspapers in Camp
29. Repose on the Battle Field: A Watched Pot Never Boils, A Hasty Supper, Drummer Boys, Played Out
30. Coming Into the Lines
31. The Supply Train
32. Scenes About the Countryside: "Gone Off With the Yankees", A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey, A Scouting Party, An Old Campaigner
33. The Picket Line
34. The Lull in the Fight
35. Traffic between the Lines
36. Going Into Action
37. An Advance of the Cavalry Skirmish
38. On the March: Fording a River, Twenty Minutes Halt
39. "Bummers"
40. The Sanctuary

See also Library for "A Civil War Artist At The Front. Edwin Forbes Life Studies of the Great Army" by William Dawson, 1957. 973.797 F742

爱德华·福布斯（1839-1895）是一位出生于纽约的艺术家。他在十八岁时开始其职业生涯，从事动物绘画，并于1859年成为艺术家亚瑟·F·泰特的弟子。内战爆发后，福布斯加入了波托马克军团，并在1862年至1864年期间作为《弗兰克·莱斯利插图新闻报》的特邀艺术家，游历了南方。他的战争时期作品包括战役景观、值得报道的事件以及被解放的黑人奴隶，但他的大部分作品都聚焦于普通士兵的日常生活。战后，他回到纽约绘制风景和风俗画。1876年，他出版了一套题为《伟大军队的生活研究》的四十幅铜版画，并无文字说明。这套作品在费城的百年博览会上获得了奖项，其初版被威廉·T·谢尔曼购买，捐赠给了华盛顿的战争办公室。《伟大军队的生活研究》系列收藏包括1876年原作系列中的三十九幅铜版画，以及三幅额外印刷品：“等待进攻的步兵”、“侦察队的骑兵”和“及时赶到的大炮”。这些印刷品未装订，为象形大开本，包含以下标题（不包括缺失的版面17）：
1. 疤痕与号角，起点与终点
2. 冬季营地中的补给所
3. 穿越荒野
4. 冬季营地：马夫的小屋，哨兵小屋，泥屋
5. 浮桥
6. 干渴且渴望新闻的军队：干渴的人群，军队报纸
7. 群羊之领袖
8. 必要的日常：站岗，洗衣日
9. 圣诞晚餐
10. 建筑与人：奴隶小屋，旧磨坊，达比尼军士，'有卖饼吗，阿姨？'，小顽童
11. 新闻记者
12. '咖啡冷却器'
13. 军官的冬季营地
14. 军械库
15. 从前哨任务返回
16. 夜行军
18. 列队行进的后方
19. 在雨中行军：陷入泥泞，侧翼行军穿越乡村
20. 接受汤
21. 夜间进入营地
22. 等待时机：站岗，旧锯木厂，等待
23. '可靠的逃兵'
24. 家，甜蜜的家
25. 远处的战斗
26. 骑兵冲锋
27. 士兵消磨时间：炎热的一天，牛排熟透！，流浪者，安静的咬食，骑兵勤务兵
28. 营地中的报纸
29. 战场上的休憩：焦急的锅永不沸腾，匆忙的晚餐，鼓手，疲惫不堪
30. 进入战线
31. 补给列车
32. 关于乡村的场景：'随着联邦军离开'，流淌着牛奶和蜜糖的土地，侦察队，老战士
33. 哨兵线
34. 战斗的间歇
35. 线间的交通
36. 进入战斗
37. 骑兵小股战斗的前进
38. 行军：涉河，二十分钟暂停
39. '流浪汉'
40. 圣所

另见图书馆中的《内战前线的艺术家。爱德华·福布斯的生活研究》威廉·道森著，1957年，编号973.797 F742。