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Title
The soldier’s dream of home
Creator
Rosenthal, Max, 1833-1918, artist
Rosenthal, L. N. (Louis N.), printer
Smith, William, printseller, publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1864
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a Union soldier sleeping with his bayonet by a campfire in a military camp during the American Civil War dreaming of reunion with his family; soldiers, cannons, tents and American flag in background.
"Max Rosenthal / Del."--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom left of image. "L.N. Rosenthal, 327, Walnut St. Philada."--text, bottom left margin. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1864, by Wm. Smith, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."--text, bottom center margin. "Published by William Smith, Printseller, No. 702, South Third St., Philada."--text, bottom center margin.
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 61.28 x 76.2 cm (24 1/8 x 30 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_MIL_000802
383381
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1084
Language
English
Subject
Dreams--Pictorial works
Families--Pictorial works
Military camps--Pictorial works
Soldiers--Pictorial works
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Military
Large Size
American Civil War
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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