The two standards bearers, the day after battle / E.B. Bensell, del. ; T. Sinclair's lith., Phila. – Antique Print
(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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The two standards bearers, the day after battle / E.B. Bensell, del. ; T. Sinclair's lith., Phila. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The two standards bearers, the day after battle / E.B. Bensell, del. ; T. Sinclair's lith., Phila.
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Two standard bearers stand amid the aftermath of a fight, the detail that sets this sheet-music cover apart from the many triumphant flag scenes of the period. The drawing is credited to E.B. Bensell and was reproduced as a color lithograph by T. Sinclair in Philadelphia, a city with a busy trade in printed music during the Civil War. Publishers used such covers to attract buyers to patriotic songs, and this one turns from victory to the cost of battle, with the flags as the surviving emblems of the men who fell.
| Created / published | c1864. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Sheet music covers 1860-1870.Lithographs Color 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Copyright by Matthew C. Bogia. No. 134. |
| Subjects | United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields. Flags--American--1860-1870. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties--Union. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs & music. Flag bearers--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 900 × 946 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214123 |
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