Meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic in Philadelphia / from a sketch by F.H. Taylor. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic in Philadelphia / from a sketch by F.H. Taylor., preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic in Philadelphia / from a sketch by F.H. Taylor.
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This wood engraving shows a gathering of the Grand Army of the Republic in Philadelphia, drawn from a sketch by F.H. Taylor and published in *Harper's Weekly* on November 1, 1879. The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization of Union Civil War veterans, founded in 1866, and by the late 1870s its encampments and parades drew large crowds. Because periodicals of the day could not easily reproduce photographs, weeklies like *Harper's* sent artists to events, and their sketches were then cut into wood blocks by engravers. The result is a record of how veterans' public ceremonies looked to contemporary readers.
| Created / published | 1879 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1879 Nov. 1, p. 869. |
| Subjects | Grand Army of the Republic--Commemoration--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1880. Military parades & ceremonies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,309 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213312 |
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