Prisoners at Richmond: Union Troops Prisoners at Belle Isle, from "Harper's Weekly"

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Prisoners at Richmond: Union Troops Prisoners at Belle Isle, from "Harper's Weekly"
Prisoners at Richmond: Union Troops Prisoners at Belle Isle, from "Harper's Weekly"
Artist/Maker (American, born Germany, 1840 - 1902)
Datepublished December 5 , 1863
MediumWood engraving on newsprint
DimensionsComposition: 9 1/8 × 13 11/16 in. (23.2 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (40 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Professor Emeritus Jay Williams, Class of 1954
Object number2019.13.48
Not on view
DescriptionAmerican Civil War
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Provenance 2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Jay G. Williams.
Signature Signed "Th Nast" in block at lower right composition.
Inscribed Title typeset beneath image in black ink. Publication date "December 5, 1863," publisher, and page number "781" typeset along left perimeter of image at top of the sheet in black ink.
RAAF Helicopter Ambulances in Vietnam Fighting: Among the many operational tasks performed by the versatile RAAF Iroquois helicopters of No. 9 Squadron in Vietnam, a new one-- aerial ambulance for wounded Viet Cong prisoners-- has been added. They were called on to fly two prisoners-- one a stretcher case who needed medical treatment in flight and the other blind-folded walking wounded case-- from the battle area to hospital at Vung Tau. Since their arrival in Vietnam with the Australian Task Force in June, the RAAF Iroquois have been used for carrying troops and wounded, dropping ammunition to hard pressed Australian troops, dropping leaflets and carrying out aerial reconnaissance patrols...
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Thomas Nast
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Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
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