Title: Bird's Eye View of Confederate Prison Pen, At Salisbury, N.C. Taken in 1864.
Three-stone lithograph, 1886.
Printed by J. H. Bufford's Sons Lith., Boston, New York & Chicago.
Copyright 1886 by C. A. Kraus.
Image size 22 3/4 x 33 15/16" (57.8 x 86.2 cm).

This lithograph depicts a prison camp toward the end of the Civil War. A 12-item key identifying the multi-story cotton factory in the center, blacksmith's shop, officers' quarters, headquarters and the escape tunnel.

The Bufford publishing house went through a few name changes over the years, starting out in 1835 as Bufford's Lithography. It was started by a gentleman by the name of John Henry Bufford (1810-1870), who was trained by Pendleton in Boston. For a period, Bufford lived and worked in New York City, where he took commissions from the likes of Nathaniel Currier, owner of N. Currier / Currier & Ives, who would become direct competition later on. Following his demise, the company was taken over by his sons, Frank G. Bufford and John Henry Bufford Jr., who expanded it to Chicago.

Condition: Good condition, save for tear in the title margin and marginal repairs.