Lithograph
- Title:
- Soldiers Memorial, Company C, 2d Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1968.047
- Creator:
- Sarony, Major & Knapp
Artist ; J.C. Fuller & CompanyPublisher - Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Chromolithograph, Soldiers Memorial, Company C, 2nd Regiment NH Volunteers, lithographed by Sarony, Major & Knapp (1859-1867), published by J.C. Fuller & Company, 1863. Ink on paper. Eagle with spread wings, clutching olive branch and arrows in talons, perched on a globe. Below globe, memorial stone, surrounded by c-scrolls, draped in document labeled "CONSTITUTION" with olive branches on top of stone, and American flags to left and right. "SOLDIERS" in arched type in upper left corner; "MEMORIAL" in arched type in upper right corner. Upper left, vignette of soldier standing holding rifle with drum and horn on ground; soldiers, tents, flag pole, cannon, and submarines in background. Upper right, vignette of soldiers charging battlefield with dead soldiers and cannon in background. Three columns separated by pillars with oval drawings of a field cannon, work tools, drum / sword / horn, and ship's cannon. "PRIVATES. REMARKS." followed by vertical list of privates of Company C of the 2nd Regiment of New Hampshire Volunteers in left and right columns; "COMPANY / C / 2d Regiment, / NEW HAMPSHIRE VOLUNTEERS." followed by vertical list of officers, musicians, and wagoners, in middle column. Lower center, "MUSTERED INTO THE / UNITED STATES SERVICE, / June 1, 1861, at Portsmouth, N.H." in cartouche topped with American shield and allegorical woman with olive branch to left, and allegorical woman with shield and sword to right. Vignette of soldier leaving to join war, hugged by wife and children, with house and marching troops in background, in lower left. Vignette of soldier returning home from war with children hugging soldier and wife coming out of house, in lower right. "ENGAGEMENTS." followed by vertical list of battles and dates, in arches in bottom left and right corners. "ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1863 BY J.C. FULLER & CO. IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. / Lith. of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.York." lower center, in margin. Molded wood frame with gilded interior, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-21.8 W-18 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Mrs. Siegel Judd.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dorothy L. Judd
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