The Sortie From Sebastopol

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The Sortie From Sebastopol
The Sortie From Sebastopol
Publisher (American)
Datec. 1854-55
MediumHand-colored wood-engraving on paper
DimensionsComposition: 15 3/4 × 22 1/2 in. (40 × 57.2 cm) Sheet: 16 3/4 × 24 1/8 in. (42.5 × 61.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.164
Not on view
DescriptionWar scene with soldiers on foot and horseback.
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Provenance 1959: Hamilton College, by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Markings None noted.
Signature Not signed.
Inscribed "PUBLISHED BY STIMSON & CO., OFFICE OF EXPRESS MESSENGER, 36 BROADWAY." at lower right margin in typeset in black ink; "THE SORTIE FROM SEBASTOPOL." / "TAKEN FROM THE FOUR MORTAR BATTERY, ON THE EVENING OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH OF OCTOBER, 1854." / "On the evening of Oct. 26, the day after the battle at Balaklava, accounts were received that the Russians, 8000 strong, made a sortie from the town of Sebastopol, as well as from the direction of Balaklava, but were repulsed, with the loss of 1000 men. French loss, 200 men by explosion; English loss 10 killed and wounded." in lower middle margin in typeset in black ink.
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Medium: Hand-colored wood-engraving on paper
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Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
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Medium: Hand-colored aquatint on paper
Object number: 1971.39.8
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