
Map of the Battle-Field of Gettysburg: Bien 1893
Title: Map of the Battle-Field of Gettysburg Author: Julius Bien Date: 1893 Medium: Chromolithograph Condition: Very Good - age toning, light foxing, paper loss in corners Inches: 29 1/2 x 18 1/2 [Paper] Centimeters: 74.93 x 46.99 [Paper] Product ID: 233094 Map of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and environs. Also includes two maps titled 'Map of the Field of Operations of Gregg's (Union) and Stuart's (Confederate) Cavalry at the Battle of Gettysburg, July 3, 1863,' and 'Map Showing the Gaps in the Mountains from Winter's Gap in Tenn. to Louisa in Kentucky.' Published in the Atlas to Accompany the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 1861-1865. Julius Bien (1826-1909) was born in Naumburg, Germany to a Jewish family. Best known for his scientific maps of the United States, Bien gained a reputation as a master lithographer and the foremost American scientific cartographer of his day. Coming of age as a young German in the mid-1840s, Bien studied art at both