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Artist:
Major & Knapp Lithography Company, active 1864 - c.1881  Search this
Sitter:
Joseph Eggleston Johnston, 3 Feb 1807 - 21 Mar 1891  Search this
Ambrose Powell Hill, 9 Nov 1825 - 2 Apr 1865  Search this
William Joseph Hardee, 12 Oct 1815 - 6 Nov 1873  Search this
Braxton Bragg, 22 Mar 1817 - 27 Sep 1876  Search this
Thomas Jonathan Jackson, 21 Jan 1824 - 10 May 1863  Search this
Sterling Price, 20 Sep 1809 - 29 Sep 1867  Search this
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, 28 May 1818 - 20 Feb 1893  Search this
James Longstreet, 8 Jan 1821 - 2 Jan 1904  Search this
Robert Edward Lee, 19 Jan 1807 - 12 Oct 1870  Search this
Medium:
Lithograph with tintstone on paper
Dimensions:
Image: 29 × 22 cm (11 7/16 × 8 11/16")
Mat: 45.7 × 55.6 cm (18 × 21 7/8")
Sheet: 35.8 × 27.6 cm (14 1/8 × 10 7/8")
Type:
Print
Date:
1866
Exhibition Label:
Music profoundly influenced the Civil War. Martial tunes rallied troops and galvanized the home front. Sentimental ballads expressed the yearning of separated loved ones. Spirituals promised freedom to the enslaved. Confederates found their theme song in “Dixie,” while the North embraced “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” with lyrics by Julia Ward Howe, whose portrait hangs nearby.
After the war, music helped promote the myth of the “Lost Cause” by memorializing Confederate military leaders as valiant heroes, rather than defenders of slavery. This lithograph—advertised as “certainly the best and most expensive music frontispiece published”—covered piano compositions such as the “Gen R. E. Lee Polka,” dedicated to the Confederate States Army commander, shown in the centrally placed portrait, and each of the prominent generals whose portraits encircle his. The music was written by Charlie L. Ward of the Fourth Kentucky Regiment, the so-called “balladeer of the Lost Cause.”
La música tuvo una gran influencia en la Guerra Civil. Las melodías marciales animaban a las tropas y levantaban el ánimo en el frente interno. Las baladas sentimentales expresaban la nostalgia de los seres queridos separados. Los espirituales prometían libertad a los esclavizados. Los confederados encontraron su tema en “Dixie”, y los norteños adoptaron el “Himno de batalla de la República”, con letra de Julia Ward Howe, cuyo retrato se expone cerca.
Tras la guerra, la música fomentó el mito de la “causa perdida”, presentando a los militares confederados como héroes valerosos, y no como defensores de la esclavitud. Esta litografía (promovida como “el mejor y más costoso frontispicio de música jamás publicado”) introduce piezas para piano como la “Polka del Gen. R. E. Lee”, dedicada al comandante del Ejército Confederado, ilustrado al centro, y piezas para los prominentes generales que lo rodean. El compositor es Charlie L. Ward, del Cuarto Regimiento de Kentucky, conocido como el “baladista de la causa perdida.”
Topic:
Robert Edward Lee: Male  Search this
Robert Edward Lee: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army  Search this
Robert Edward Lee: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\College administrator\President  Search this
Braxton Bragg: Male  Search this
Braxton Bragg: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War  Search this
Braxton Bragg: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this
Braxton Bragg: Science and Technology\Engineer\Civil engineer  Search this
Thomas Jonathan Jackson: Male  Search this
Thomas Jonathan Jackson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this
Thomas Jonathan Jackson: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army  Search this
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard: Male  Search this
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard: Literature\Writer  Search this
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General  Search this
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army  Search this
Joseph Eggleston Johnston: Male  Search this
Joseph Eggleston Johnston: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army  Search this
Ambrose Powell Hill: Male  Search this
Ambrose Powell Hill: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army  Search this
Sterling Price: Male  Search this
Sterling Price: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
Sterling Price: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War  Search this
Sterling Price: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Missouri  Search this
Sterling Price: Politics and Government\Governor\Missouri  Search this
Sterling Price: Politics and Government\State Legislator\Missouri  Search this
James Longstreet: Male  Search this
James Longstreet: Business and Finance\Businessperson  Search this
James Longstreet: Politics and Government\Diplomat  Search this
James Longstreet: Politics and Government\Government official  Search this
James Longstreet: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army  Search this
James Longstreet: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Major General  Search this
William Joseph Hardee: Male  Search this
William Joseph Hardee: Literature\Writer  Search this
William Joseph Hardee: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army  Search this
William Joseph Hardee: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Mexican War  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.84.364
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
National Portrait Gallery Collection
Exhibition:
Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
On View:
NPG, East Gallery 111
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4a18cc842-00db-4ba4-96fe-dcd2c6a3f844
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.84.364