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Civil War Artist by Taylor Morrison (1999, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

ISBN-100395914264

ISBN-139780395914267

eBay Product ID (ePID)549722

Product Key Features

Book TitleCivil War Artist

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Language Arts / General, History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Artists, Architects, Photographers, History / United States / 19th Century

IllustratorMorrison, Taylor, Yes

GenreJuvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography

TypeTextbook

AuthorTaylor Morrison

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight15.6 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN97-052738

ReviewsThis unusual book introduces the process by which pictures of Civil War battles reached the public. The fictional story line begins in 1861. Artist William Forbes joins a corps of artists sent to the Virginia battlegrounds, sketches the soldiers in action, and completes a detailed drawing of the scene, which he sends by courier to Burton's Illustrated News in New York City. The heart of the book details the complex process of transferring the pencil drawing to a wood-block ink drawing to an engraving to an electrotype, which can be printed in the newspaper and distributed. A glossary of terms is appended. Apart from a long, confusing paragraph on electrotyping, the writing is clear as it splits the treatment into two distinct parts, the fictional story of Forbes and the technical process of printing. Well-designed and illustrated with attractive paintings, Morrison's book succeeds in documenting and making accessible a little-known aspect of history. April 15, 1999 Booklist, ALA It took four weeks for illustrations of scenes from the US's Civil War battles to make it from the front lines to readers' hands; Morrison (Cheetah, 1998, etc.) explains that process in his uniquely handsome book. Morrison introduces the fictional artist, William Forbes, commissioned by the fictional Burton's Illustrated News to follow the Union Army into battle at Bull Run. Throughout the day's fighting Forbes makes quick sketches; it is risky business, and he is often in mortal peril. That night he makes a more complete drawing, which is handed to a courier and taken back to the Burton offices. There, engravers set to work translating Forbes's drawing to a grid of wood blocks (Morrison includes interesting incidentals along the way, giving the process its due). The images are converted to electrotype, whereafter it is finally ready for the operators and pressman. Shortly after that, the newsboys are seen hawking the illustrated weekly, containing Forbes's image a mere month after the actual event. Morrison successfully renders the complexities of illustrating newspapers 150 years ago, and just as successfully conveys that in abandoning the wood block for the photograph, some of the art was sacrificed for speed. Kirkus Reviews, It took four weeks for illustrations of scenes from the US's Civil War battles to make it from the front lines to readers' hands; Morrison (Cheetah, 1998, etc.) explains that process in his uniquely handsome book. Morrison introduces the fictional artist, William Forbes, commissioned by the fictional Burton's Illustrated News to follow the Union Army into battle at Bull Run. Throughout the day's fighting Forbes makes quick sketches; it is risky business, and he is often in mortal peril. That night he makes a more complete drawing, which is handed to a courier and taken back to the Burton offices. There, engravers set to work translating Forbes's drawing to a grid of wood blocks (Morrison includes interesting incidentals along the way, giving the process its due). The images are converted to electrotype, whereafter it is finally ready for the operators and pressman. Shortly after that, the newsboys are seen hawking the illustrated weekly, containing Forbes's image a mere month after the actual event. Morrison successfully renders the complexities of illustrating newspapers 150 years ago, and just as successfully conveys that in abandoning the wood block for the photograph, some of the art was sacrificed for speed., This unusual book introduces the process by which pictures of Civil War battles reached the public. The fictional story line begins in 1861. Artist William Forbes joins a corps of artists sent to the Virginia battlegrounds, sketches the soldiers in action, and completes a detailed drawing of the scene, which he sends by courier to Burton's Illustrated News in New York City. The heart of the book details the complex process of transferring the pencil drawing to a wood-block ink drawing to an engraving to an electrotype, which can be printed in the newspaper and distributed. A glossary of terms is appended. Apart from a long, confusing paragraph on electrotyping, the writing is clear as it splits the treatment into two distinct parts, the fictional story of Forbes and the technical process of printing. Well-designed and illustrated with attractive paintings, Morrison's book succeeds in documenting and making accessible a little-known aspect of history. April 15, 1999

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromKindergarten

Grade ToThird Grade

Dewey Decimal070.4/499737

Edition DescriptionTeacher's edition

SynopsisWilliam Forbes arrived in New York in 1861 anxious to begin a career as an artist. Unable to find other work, he signed on with Burton's Illustrated News to sketch the battles of the Civil War. In a time when photographic images could not be reproduced in newspapers, the quickest and most practical means of documenting events was for artists to do sketches in the field. This meant that in times of war, they had to go right onto the battlefields and into the trenches alongside the soldiers.Appealing to young artists and history buffs alike, Taylor Morrison's stunning artwork and detailed text bring this fascinating time to life. This historical account of early news reporting takes readers from the first stages of the artist's battlefield sketches to the final printed newspaper page. This is a realistic portrayal that for many young readers will likely spark an interest in our country's Civil War and in history in general.

LC Classification NumberE468.9.M86 1998