Prang's Civil War Pictures The Complete Battle Chromos of Louis Prang |
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Author:
| Holzer, Harold |
Series title: | The North's Civil War Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8232-2118-9 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2001 |
Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $77.00 |
Book Description:
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During the 1880s, a German-born, Boston-based picture publisher successfully commissioned the most ambitious series of battle prints ever published. Louis Prang, best known as the father of the Christmas card,hired noted military and marine artists to create original scenes of combat, and then reproduced their works in a wildly popular portfolio of chromolithographs.
During the 1880s, a German-born, Boston-based picture publisher successfully commissioned the most ambitious series of battle prints ever published. Louis Prang, best known as the father of the Christmas card,hired noted military and marine artists to create original scenes of combat, and then reproduced their works in a wildly popular portfolio of chromolithographs.