Raising the flag May 1861

Raising the flag May 1861
Title: Raising the flag May 1861 / from the original picture by Winner ; engrd. by L.N. Rosenthal [...].
Creator(s): Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), lithographer
Related Names:
Winner, William , artist
Date Created/Published: [Philadelphia] : [Published by Charles Desilver], book & map publisher, 1229 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, c1864.
Summary: A patriotic print dedicated by the publisher to the 'Defenders of the Union.' At left, Union troops march toward the U.S. Capitol. An officer on a spirited white horse brings up the rear. In the left middleground is Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson. In the foreground a group of Union patriots, including women, children, soldiers, and sailors, gather round a flagpole on which an American flag has just been raised. Directly behind the flag is an equestrian statue of George Washington (also by Clark Mills). Soldiers, waving their hats and cheering, enter from the right, led by two drummer boys.
Notes:
Title from item.
After a painting by William Winner.
Entered ... 1864 by Charles Desilver...
Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1864-8.
Subjects:
Flag of the United States (prominently featured).
Jackson, Andrew, his memory invoked.
Capitol (U.S.) (pictured).
Lithographs--Color--1860-1870.
Bookmark /2003689290/
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