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- catalog abstract ""During the 1880s - the peak years of the first wave of sentimental recollection of the American Civil War - a German-born, Boston-based picture publisher successfully commissioned the most ambitious series of battle prints ever published. Louis Prang, best known as the "father of the Christmas card," hired noted military and marine artists to create original scenes of armies and navies in combat, and then reproduced their works in a wildly popular portfolio of chromolithographs. He called the set Prang's War Pictures. They were offered to an eager public accompanied by "Descriptive Texts" that told the story of each engagement through eyewitness recollections by the heroes of each action." "Paintings by battle painter Thure de Thulstrup and naval specialist Julian Oliver Davidson were commissioned by Prang as models for his ambitious chromolithographs. The set proved both appealing and influential, selling vigorously in various editions for a generation and elevating the stature of military illustration in America. For twenty years, Civil War prints for the masses had featured uninspired, one-dimensional views of armies in hand-to-hand combat. Prang and his artists demonstrated genuine skill and imaginative perspective, revealing both the broad sweep of panoramic battle fields and the intimate action of individual combatants." "These chromos went on to become familiar illustrations in books and magazines, but until now, the complete set of eighteen chromos has never been collected in a single volume. And the original "Descriptive Texts," first offered to Prang's customers as marketing brochures to boost sales - a priceless historical archive in and of themselves - have never been published since, anywhere. The pictures and the texts are thus united here for the first time in book form."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12299146.
- catalog contributor b12299147.
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns Pictorial works.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""During the 1880s - the peak years of the first wave of sentimental recollection of the American Civil War - a German-born, Boston-based picture publisher successfully commissioned the most ambitious series of battle prints ever published. Louis Prang, best known as the "father of the Christmas card," hired noted military and marine artists to create original scenes of armies and navies in combat, and then reproduced their works in a wildly popular portfolio of chromolithographs. He called the set Prang's War Pictures. They were offered to an eager public accompanied by "Descriptive Texts" that told the story of each engagement through eyewitness recollections by the heroes of each action." "Paintings by battle painter Thure de Thulstrup and naval specialist Julian Oliver Davidson were commissioned by Prang as models for his ambitious chromolithographs. The set proved both appealing and influential, selling vigorously in various editions for a generation and elevating the stature of military illustration in America. For twenty years, Civil War prints for the masses had featured uninspired, one-dimensional views of armies in hand-to-hand combat. Prang and his artists demonstrated genuine skill and imaginative perspective, revealing both the broad sweep of panoramic battle fields and the intimate action of individual combatants." "These chromos went on to become familiar illustrations in books and magazines, but until now, the complete set of eighteen chromos has never been collected in a single volume. And the original "Descriptive Texts," first offered to Prang's customers as marketing brochures to boost sales - a priceless historical archive in and of themselves - have never been published since, anywhere. The pictures and the texts are thus united here for the first time in book form."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Sheridan's Final Charge at Winchester 1 -- Laying the Pontons at Fredericksburg 57 -- Sheridan's Ride 61 -- Gettysburg 65 -- Battle of Antietam 73 -- Spotsylvania and the Bloody Angle 78 -- Chattanooga 85 -- Kenesaw Mountain: The Charge of Logan's Corps 90 -- Holding the Pass at Allatoona 95 -- Siege of Atlanta 99 -- Siege of Vicksburg: Assault on Fort Hill 104 -- Battle of Shiloh 109 -- Capture of New Orleans 116 -- Battle between the "Monitor" and "Merrimac" 120 -- Battle of Mobile Bay 124 -- "Kearsarge" and "Alabama": Hauling Down the Flag 129 -- Passing the Batteries at Port Hudson 135 -- Capture of Fort Fisher 140 -- Complete Color Portfolio Of "Prang's War Pictures" 145.".
- catalog extent "xi, 184 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0823221180 (hc)".
- catalog identifier "0823221199 (pbk.)".
- catalog isPartOf "North's Civil War ; no. 16.".
- catalog isPartOf "The North's Civil War series, 1089-8719 ; no. 16".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Fordham University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns Pictorial works.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.7/3 21".
- catalog subject "Chromolithography United States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "E470 .P68 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "Sheridan's Final Charge at Winchester 1 -- Laying the Pontons at Fredericksburg 57 -- Sheridan's Ride 61 -- Gettysburg 65 -- Battle of Antietam 73 -- Spotsylvania and the Bloody Angle 78 -- Chattanooga 85 -- Kenesaw Mountain: The Charge of Logan's Corps 90 -- Holding the Pass at Allatoona 95 -- Siege of Atlanta 99 -- Siege of Vicksburg: Assault on Fort Hill 104 -- Battle of Shiloh 109 -- Capture of New Orleans 116 -- Battle between the "Monitor" and "Merrimac" 120 -- Battle of Mobile Bay 124 -- "Kearsarge" and "Alabama": Hauling Down the Flag 129 -- Passing the Batteries at Port Hudson 135 -- Capture of Fort Fisher 140 -- Complete Color Portfolio Of "Prang's War Pictures" 145.".
- catalog title "Prang's Civil War pictures : the complete battle chromos of Louis Prang with the full "descriptive texts" / edited with an introduction by Harold Holzer.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "text".