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SCARCE 1867 CIVIL WAR chromolithograph "GRANT AND HIS GENERALS" Custer - $250 (Woodside, Queens)

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condition: fair
size / dimensions: 24 x 38.25 x 2
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Here is a 1867 chromolithograph of "Heroes of the Republic" also known as "Grant and his Generals" which is based on a 1865 painting by Norwegian artist Ole Peter Hansen Balling (1823-1906), and published in New York by Ferdinand Mayer and Sons. The print itself measures about 23 x 35 1/4 inches; it was subsequently mounted on fabric and then glued down on a thick wooden board which measures 24 x 38 1/4 inches and weighs 18 pounds.

The National Portrait Gallery describes the picture thus:

“As the Civil War moved into its final stages in the fall of 1864, the Norwegian artist Ole Peter Hansen Balling and a prosperous New Yorker conceived of the idea for a large equestrian painting depicting the commander of the Union armies, Ulysses S. Grant, flanked by an array of generals who served under him. Upon completion, the painting would be used to raise funds for the United States Sanitary Commission, a private organization for aiding sick and wounded soldiers. To obtain likenesses of the twenty-seven figures in the picture, Balling traveled to Union army encampments to make life studies of his subjects. Among the most cooperative was Grant, who gave Balling repeated opportunities to draw him as he rode with staff officers to survey the forward lines near his headquarters at City Point, Virginia.

“The final rendering of Grant and His Generals approached being life-sized. Balling also painted this smaller version, most likely to serve as the template for a color lithograph of the picture. Today both paintings are in the National Portrait Gallery’s collection.”

Another source says: “Grant is pictured at center on horseback surrounded by his generals and dozens of officers on horseback. Behind him fly two 34-star round American flags, the swallow-tail guidons of General Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah headquarters and Kilpatrick's Army Corps. A grave of an ‘Unknown Union Soldier’ is present at the left foreground.”

The generals depicted are, from left to right:

Thomas Casimer Devin (1822-1878)
George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876)
Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836-1881)
William Hemsley Emory (1811-1887)
Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888)
James Birdseye McPherson (1828-1864)
George Crook (1828-1890)
Wesley Merritt (1834-1910)
George Henry Thomas (1816-1870)
Gouverneur Kemble Warren (1830-1882)
George Gordon Meade (1815-1872)
John Grubb Parke (1827-1900)
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891)
John Alexander Logan (1826-1886)
Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885)
Ambrose Everett Burnside (1824-1881)
Joseph Hooker (1814-1879)
Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886)
John Aaron Rawlins (1831-1869)
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883)
Francis Preston Blair, Jr. (1821-1875)
Alfred Howe Terry (1827-1890)
Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894)
Jefferson Columbus Davis (1828-1879)
Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909)
John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906)
Joseph Anthony Mower (1827-1870)

CONDITION:

The print was mounted on a heavy board and varnished at some time, which likely helped it survive this long, though the varnish now gives it a yellow cast. Brown paint or stain has dripped on it, but it may not have penetrated the varnish. The surface has been only slightly cleaned here and there to remove some of the surface grime and there are numerous splits, cracks, peels, flakes, creases, bubbles, and stains. It *could* be restored or touched up - or just left as is as a patriotic yet tatterdemalion relic.

Delivery is possible, depending on location - it's presently located in Woodside, Queens.

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