"Trenches" sketch from The True Story of Glory Continues: Museum Object and Cultural History
"Trenches" sketch from The True Story of Glory Continues: Object Name: sketch. Physical Description: paper (overall material). Physical Description: graphite (overall material).
The object in the museum catalogue
"Trenches" sketch from artist's sketchbook used in the documentary The True Story of Glory Continues. This ink and graphite sketch depicts men digging trenches during the day. The paper is branded with “Canson Mi-Tientes” on the bottom. This is part of a set of sketches from "A Swamp Angel's Sketchbook,” which contains concepts for the film Glory.
Glory was the first film to illustrate the involvement of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The film follows the story of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first African American Union regiment organized in the North during the Civil War, and culminates in the Battle at Fort Wagner.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Object Name: sketch
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: graphite (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 11 1/4 in x 15 1/2 in; 28.575 cm x 39.37 cm
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- Subject: Civil War
- Subject: Movie
- Subject: Motion Pictures
- ID Number: 1991.0279.12
- accession number: 1991.0279
- catalog number: 1991.0279.12
- Credit Line: Paul Culberg
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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