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Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

by John Singer Sargent

1923
Charcoal
Unknown size

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Sargent, John Singernotes
From: Special Collections in the Library of Congress In 1935 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge (1864-1953), one of the great patrons of music, created at the Library of Congress the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation for the support of chamber music. Her aim, Mrs. Coolidge wrote in that year's Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, was "to make...
The battle of Gettysburg

by Nathaniel Currier

c. 1863
Lithograph, hand colored

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Currier, Nathanielnotes
Depicting the Battle of Gettysburg, fought July 1—3, 1863. The battle was part of the American Civil War and was won by the North.
Hancock at Pickett's Charge

by Bror Thure de Thulstrup

c. 1887 May 16
Print

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Thulstrup, Bror Thure de 
Picketts charge from a position on the enemys line looking toward the Union lines, Zieglers grove on the left, clump of trees on right

by Edwin Forbes

between 1865 and 1895
Painting on canvas : oil, color

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Forbes, Edwin 
Battle of Chickamauga

by Alfred Rudolph Waud

20 September 1863
Chinese white and black ink wash
17.4 x 25.3 cm

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Waud, Alfred Rudolph 
The Monitor and Merrimac: The First Fight Between Ironclads

by Louis Prang

1886
Print

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Prang, Louisnotes
The Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (or Merrimac) or the Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies.
Battle of Atlanta

by Kurz & Allison Art Publishers

c. 1888
Lithograph, color

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Kurz & Allison Art Publishers 
Battle of Antietam

by Kurz & Allison Art Publishers

c. 1888
Lithograph, color

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Kurz & Allison Art Publishers 
Capture of Fort Fisher

by Kurz & Allison Art Publishers

1890
Chromolithograph

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Kurz & Allison Art Publishers 
Battle of Hampton Roads

by Kurz & Allison Art Publishers

c. 1889
Lithograph, color

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Kurz & Allison Art Publishers 
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