War Ground. “Beating a Retreat”

The slightly darker palette in this version of Beating a Retreat, along with the jagged, dead stump that protrudes from the spit of land at the right, enhances the scene’s sense of danger.

Ron Tyler

Artist

Alfred Jacob Miller

Date

ca. 1865

Catalogue Number

384D

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Inscriptions

LR: AJMiller

The artist; Col. George D. Wise, 1865; Everett D. Graff, Winnetka, IL; present owner by gift, 1972