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New Market Battle Painting
- Creator:
- Colourpicture
- Location:
- Massachusetts, Boston
- Origin Date:
- 1955-1965
- Materials:
- paper
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0481
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This color postcard is a reproduction of a painting by Benjamin West Clinedinst, a Virginia Military Institute alumnus. The painting depicts the charge of Virginia Military Insttitute cadets in the Civil War Battle of New Market on May 15, 1864. The painting is located in Viriginia Military Institute's Jackson Memorial Hall. The postcard reverse is divided. Narrative text is printed on the left side. The number K-7573 is printed in the stamp placement block. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum.