This lithograph of General Burnsides’ troops crossing the bridge bearing his name at Antietam is the work of John Henry Buford whose studio is in Boston. It was produced by first polishing a stone which serves as an artist’s canvas. Oil-based paints are then applied by Buford which were absorbed into the stone and fixed. Prints of the canvas were made by pressing the stone against a paper carrier. Lithographs – “printings from soft stone” — are often reproduced in publications like Harper’s Weekly Magazine and major newspapers during the last half of the 19th century..
Burnsides’ Bridge color lithograph
