Battle of Gettysburg – 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.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic print of Battle of Gettysburg. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Battle of Gettysburg
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Issued under the name of L. Prang & Co., the Boston firm that did much to popularize color lithographs in America, this picture was copyrighted in May 1887, about twenty-four years after the fighting. It depicts the third day of the battle, July 3, 1863, when Robert E. Lee sent roughly 12,500 Confederate troops across open fields toward the Union center on Cemetery Ridge, an assault later known as Pickett's Charge. Popular prints like this one helped shape how Americans remembered the war, often turning a bloody afternoon into a settled image of courage and sacrifice. The publisher credit comes from a shelflist card and has not been independently verified.
| Created / published | c1887 May 16. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | G12949 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Prang, (L.) & Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 10,045 × 7,342 px · prints to 33 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 04033u Battle of Gettysburg |
More from the Gettysburg collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
