The Reveille on the Line of Battle (and) Tattoo in Camp, ca. 1876

  • Edwin Forbes, American, 1839-1895

Etching printed in brown ink on wove paper

  • Plate: 13 × 18 inches (33 × 45.7 cm) Sheet: 17 1/4 × 22 1/4 inches (43.8 × 56.5 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff

F74.61.1

Signed, in plate, lower left of the lower image: E. Forbes Signed, in pencil, lower left: Mrs Edwin Forbes

Inscribed, in plate, lower center of upper image: The revielle. Inscribed, below lower image, lower left: Copy-righted 1876, by E. Forbes Inscribed, lower center: Tattoo.

Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff

1974-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Edwin Forbes, The Reveille on the Line of Battle (and) Tattoo in Camp, ca. 1876, etching printed in brown ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Harry W. Longstaff, F74.61.1.