A Bit of War History: The Contraband

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A Bit of War History: The Contraband

Thomas Waterman Wood

Date
1865
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (71.8 x 51.4 cm) (framed with 84.12b and 84.12c)
Object type
Painting
Culture
American
Object number
84.12a
Credit line
Gift of Charles Stewart Smith, 1884
Gallery
762

Artist information

American, Montpelier, Vermont 1823–1903 New York

Subjects and terms

  • American Civil War
  • Firearms
  • Men
  • Portraits

The Met object ID 13345. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.