1853
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
New York State Militia, 1st Division, 9th Regiment, 3rd Brigade is a 1853 ink by Otto Boetticher, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This image shows a soldier on horseback leading a group of marching troops. The officer wears a green jacket, blue pants, and a tall hat with a white feather. Behind him, rows of soldiers in matching uniforms hold long rifles, marching in perfect lines. A church with two spires appears in the background under a pale sky. The print is labeled as the *9th Regiment, 3rd Brigade* of the New York State Militia. The artist used hand coloring to add detail to the uniforms and sky. Next, look up lithography to see how this print was made.
Otto Botticher (19 May 1811 – 1 July 1886) was a German-born painter and lithographer best known for his 1863 rendering of a baseball game at a prisoner of war camp during the American Civil War.
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