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Battle of Spottsylvania
- Creator:
- Louis Prang, Thure de Thulstrup
- Location:
- Massachusetts, Boston
- Origin Date:
- 1886
- Materials:
- paper, print
- Measurements:
- overall: 26 in x 32 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.081.0379
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Fine Art
Description
Chromolithograph depicts the Battle of Spottsylvania [sic]. The print features the Union Army battling the Confederate Army in hand to hand combat in pouring rain on muddy ground. Bayonets are raised in the air and both sides fly their flags. For more information on this and other Prang Civil War chromolithographs, see Prang's Civil War Pictures: the Complete Battle Chromos of Louis Prang with the Full "Descriptive Texts" edited and with an introduction by Harold Holzer. Part of The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
