Eastman Forts (Print Set)

Includes 10 prints of paintings by renowned artist Seth Eastman of U.S. Army forts following the Civil War. The actual paintings are in the collections of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Also provides a booklet, "The Eastman Forts, A Guide to the Print Set". 10 prints and booklet, sold as a set. CMH Pub. 70-50.

In 1870, the House Committee on Military Affairs commissioned artist Seth Eastman to paint 17 images of important fortifications in the United States.  He completed the works between 1870 and 1875. For many years, the fort paintings hung in the rooms assigned to the House Military Affairs Committee, first in the Capitol and later in the Cannon House Office Building. During the late 1930s, they were returned to the Capitol for public display. Of the 17 paintings, 8 are located in the Senate wing.

This set contains prints of Eastman paintings of the following ten forts: Mackinac in Michigan; Mifflin in Pennsylvania; Trumbull in Connecticut; Tompkins and Wadsworth in New York; Scammel and Gorges in Maine; Delaware in Delaware; Snelling in Minnesota; Taylor in Florida; Defiance in New Mexico; and Rice in North Dakota.

Artists, art students, historians, and anyone interested in Civil War history and forts would find these paintings of Army forts interesting.