Demorest's New-York Illustrated News Woodcut collection
Collection
0252-MDHC
During the Civil War, Demorest's New-York Illustrated News published woodcut pictures of life on the battle field. This collection consists of four engraved cherrywood plates that were carved in Philadelphia for the newspaper during the war years. Each block depicts a scene from the war in Maryland. Full-size prints from each block and photocopies of the newspaper issues in which the pictures were originally published accompany the print blocks. Also included is a newspaper print from the Pictorial War Record: Battles of the Late Civil War, Saturday, January 13, 1883 edition. It shows a reprint of a print originally published in Demorest's New-York Illustrated News depicting the "Capture of the First Confederate Battle Flag by the Eighth Illinois Cavalry."
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This collection consists of four engraved cherrywood plates depicting life on a Civil War battlefield that were carved in Philadelphia and printed for the newspaper Demorest's New-York Illustrated News. Each block depicts a scene from the war in Maryland: Mattawoman Creek, Federal Hill in Baltimore, Poolesville, and Annapolis to Washington. Full-size prints from each block and photocopies of the newspaper issues in which the pictures were originally published accompany the print blocks. Also included is a newspaper print from the Pictorial War Record: Battles of the Late Civil War, Saturday, January 13, 1883 edition. It shows a reprint of a print originally published in Demorest's New-York Illustrated News depicting the "Capture of the First Confederate Battle Flag by the Eighth Illinois Cavalry."
Demorest's New-York Illustrated News was a newspaper that was active during the American Civil War.
This collection consists of two series:
The University of Maryland Libraries purchased the Demorest's New York Illustrated News Woodcut Collection from the Philadelphia Print Shop in 1983.
Woodcuts were wrapped in tissue paper and placed in an oversized box.
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives