Prints of Virginia and Civil War scenes [manuscript] ca. 1838-1960.

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Prints of Virginia and Civil War scenes [manuscript] ca. 1838-1960.

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Virginia scenes portrayed include Harper's Ferry, Jamestown, Richmond, Williamsburg, Monticello, Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Co., by Robert Hinschelwood and Soldiers Rest, Alexanria, Va., by Charles Magnus; also Fortress Monroe by Casimir Bohn, Mt. Vernon by Thomas Oldham Barton, and Stonewall Jackson's grave in Lexington by Currier & Ive. Civil War scenes include the Monitor-Merrima battle by Doug Lowry, Libby Prison, the Salisbury, N.C. Confederate prison, Lee's surrender by Currier & Ives, the death of Ashby by William Ludlow Sheppard, a composite of C.S.A. leaders and the proposed Davis memorial, 5 scenes, 1861-62 from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, and 29 battle scenes of the Civil and Revolutionary wars, 1886-1911, produced by Kurz & Allison, Chicago. The collection also contains conquerors of yellow fever from paintings by Dean Cornwell and U.S. presidents through Truman from paintings by Louis Bonhajo.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880

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British born American publisher. From the description of Letters, 1875. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81189767 Frank Leslie (1821-1880) was an American engraver, illustrator and publisher of family periodicals. Born Henry Carter in Ipswich, England, he had an early interest in engraving and printing and by age 20 was superintendent of engraving for the Illustrated London News . He came to the United States in 1848 and began publishing illustrat...

Lowry, Doug.

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Ashby, Turner, 1828-1862

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Virginia resident (Arlington County). From the description of Letters, 1869. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421763 Ashby was acting Adjutant; also father of Turner Ashby, a military officer in the Confederacy. From the description of Morning report, 1814 August 10, Fredericksburg, Va. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 6134646 ...

Salisbury Prison (N.C.)

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Bonhajo, Louis.

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Magnus, Charles

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Mansfield Lovell (1822-1884) was a major general in the Confederate army who had been appointed to defend New Orleans when it fell to the Union navy. He then commanded an infantry division under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn at the Second Battle of Corinth, Miss. He was later relieved of command as a consequence of his poor performance at New Orleans, although a court of inquiry later declared him innocent of charges of incompetence. Nonetheless, he was not given any assignments for the rest of the wa...

Prison, Libby.

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Sheppard, William Ludlow, d. 1912.

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Libby Prison

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Confederate States of America. Cabinet

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Hinshelwood, Robert, 1812-

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Bohn, Casimir

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Barton, Thomas Oldham.

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Kurz & Allison (Chicago, Ill.)

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Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960

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Muralist, painter, illustrator. Cornwell was born in Louisville, Ky. in 1892. He attended the Chicago Art Institute and began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator. He painted murals for the lobby of the Eastern Airlines Building at Rockefeller Plaza, the Hotel Warwick's Raleigh Room, and the Los Angeles Public Library. He is also well known for his painting of WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle. From the description of Dean Cornwell papers, 1893-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

Currier & Ives

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