Capt. H.L. Thistle's Ambulance
date: label: date made
content: ca 1840
name: label: maker
content: Graham, Curtis B.
label: artist
content: Vaudricourt, A. De
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black and white print of driver and two-wheeled wagon (ambulance) pulled by a horse. Soldiers are following along behind. Details of parts of the ambulance are depicted beneath the main image with keyed descriptions. The print's title to Captain Hezekiah L. Thistle, who in January 1839 was in Florida commanding a group of volunteer soldiers in a removal or forced relocation of American Indians when he died. His residence was in Pennsylvania in 1837 when he petitioned the US government for a patent of a saddle he designed for wounded soldiers while stationed in Louisiana where he was also involved with a "removal' or forced relocation of native peoples.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Augustus Guy de Vaudricourt was a French artist and llithographer who was active in the United States and Mexic in the 1840's and 1850's. He is noted for his image contributions to the Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey of 1848-1855 and his panoramic view of Niagara Falls from the Canadian side.
label: Description (Brief)
content: 1850's.Curtis Burr Graham (1814-1890) was an artist, engraver, lithographer, print and mapmaker. He worked with the U. S. Coast Guard Survey early in his career, was active in New York City prior to moving to Washington D.C. in 1842, and produced prints for the military and for others until his death. His oldest son with the same name was also an artist/printer however he was born in 1848 so this is senior's work.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Uniforms, Military
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
label: Related Publication
content: Garvan, Anthony N. B. and Peter C. Welsh. Victorian American
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2585
label: catalog number
content: 60.2585
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 21 in x 14 1/2 in; 53.34 cm x 36.83 cm