Raising the flag May 1861 / from the original picture by Winner ;... |
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Options: 1) Download Source Image from Library of Congress 2) If link above doesn't work, try alternate LOC link 3) Report broken link TITLE:Raising the flag May 1861 / from the original picture by Winner ; engrd. by L.N. Rosenthal [...]. CALL NUMBER:PGA - Rosenthal (L.N.)--Raising the flag... (D size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:LC-DIG-02546 (digital file from original print) SUMMARY:A patriotic print dedicated by the publisher to the "Defenders of the Union." At left, Union troops march toward the U.S. Capitol. An officer on a spirited white horse brings up the rear. In the left middleground is Clark Mills''s equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson. In the foreground a group of Union patriots, including women, children, soldiers, and sailors, gather round a flagpole on which an American flag has just been raised. Directly behind the flag is an equestrian statue of George Washington (also by Clark Mills). Soldiers, waving their hats and cheering, enter from the right, led by two drummer boys. MEDIUM:1 print : lithograph printed in colors ; image 57.8 x 68.6 cm. CREATED/PUBLISHED:[Philadelphia] : [Published by Charles Desilver], book & map publisher, 1229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, c1864. CREATOR: Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), lithographer. RELATED NAMES: Winner, William, artist. NOTES: Title from item. After a painting by William Winner. Entered ... 1864 by Charles Desilver... Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-8. TOPICS: Flag of the United States (prominently featured). FORMAT: Lithographs Color 1860-1870. REPOSITORY:Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:(digital file from original print) pga 02546 CONTROL #:2003689290
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