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- "Battle Scenes of the Rebellion" Battle of Chattanooga, Civil War Panorama - In the 1880s, Thomas Clarkson Gordon, a self-taught artist and Civil War veteran, created a panorama depicting scenes from the Civil War. Gordon stitched together 15 paintings -- each 7 by 14 feet -- into a canvas roll more than 100 feet long. He toured his multi-paneled panorama throughout eastern Indiana, retelling the history of the conflict through his vivid illustrations.
- 1863
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"Battle Scenes of the Rebellion" Battle of Chattanooga, Civil War Panorama
In the 1880s, Thomas Clarkson Gordon, a self-taught artist and Civil War veteran, created a panorama depicting scenes from the Civil War. Gordon stitched together 15 paintings -- each 7 by 14 feet -- into a canvas roll more than 100 feet long. He toured his multi-paneled panorama throughout eastern Indiana, retelling the history of the conflict through his vivid illustrations.
- Oil Painting, Fort Ticonderoga by George Washington Mark, circa 1845 - George Washington Mark was a successful house, sign, and furniture painter in Greenfield, Massachusetts, in the early 1800s. Sometime in the 1830s and 40s, he tried his hand at more artistic endeavors creating paintings of local interest -- generally landscapes and historic subjects. Around 1845, Mark painted this work depicting the ruins of New York's historic Fort Ticonderoga.
- circa 1845
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Oil Painting, Fort Ticonderoga by George Washington Mark, circa 1845
George Washington Mark was a successful house, sign, and furniture painter in Greenfield, Massachusetts, in the early 1800s. Sometime in the 1830s and 40s, he tried his hand at more artistic endeavors creating paintings of local interest -- generally landscapes and historic subjects. Around 1845, Mark painted this work depicting the ruins of New York's historic Fort Ticonderoga.
- Oil Painting, "Fun On the Fourth" by Tompkins H. Matteson, 1840-1850 -
- 1840-1850
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Oil Painting, "Fun On the Fourth" by Tompkins H. Matteson, 1840-1850
- Powerhouse, River, and Dam, 1924 - In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the <em>Saturday Evening Post</em> and <em>Country Gentleman</em> magazines. The effectiveness of the ads was due in large part to the specially commissioned artwork that accompanied the descriptive text. The restricted palette employed in the original art was imposed by the "duotone" process used for color reproduction.
- 1924
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Powerhouse, River, and Dam, 1924
In 1924-25 the Ford Motor Company ran a series of sixteen dramatic advertisements in the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman magazines. The effectiveness of the ads was due in large part to the specially commissioned artwork that accompanied the descriptive text. The restricted palette employed in the original art was imposed by the "duotone" process used for color reproduction.
- "View near Anthony's Nose, Hudson Highlands," by Thomas Chambers, 1840-1850 -
- 1840-1850
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"View near Anthony's Nose, Hudson Highlands," by Thomas Chambers, 1840-1850
- Young Henry Ford and John Ford Pulling a Sled with a Boiling Kettle, by Irving Bacon, 1940 - Henry Ford and his younger brother, John, pull a sled holding a kettle of boiling water while their mother, Mary, watches from the doorway. The boys are playing train, pretending that the sled is a thundering steam locomotive. This painting is one of several childhood scenes that Henry Ford commissioned from his favorite artist, Irving Bacon.
- circa 1875
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Young Henry Ford and John Ford Pulling a Sled with a Boiling Kettle, by Irving Bacon, 1940
Henry Ford and his younger brother, John, pull a sled holding a kettle of boiling water while their mother, Mary, watches from the doorway. The boys are playing train, pretending that the sled is a thundering steam locomotive. This painting is one of several childhood scenes that Henry Ford commissioned from his favorite artist, Irving Bacon.
- Oil Painting, Rouge Plant, by Irving R. Bacon, 1949 -
- 1949
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Oil Painting, Rouge Plant, by Irving R. Bacon, 1949
- Henry Ford as a Small Child Being Shown a Bird's Nest by his Family, by Irving Bacon, 1936 - Henry Ford, a four-year-old boy in his mother's arms, looks on as his parents show him and his brother, John, a sparrow's nest in a fallen tree. It was Ford's earliest memory, and he had the scene recreated in this painting by favorite artist Irving Bacon.
- circa 1866
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Henry Ford as a Small Child Being Shown a Bird's Nest by his Family, by Irving Bacon, 1936
Henry Ford, a four-year-old boy in his mother's arms, looks on as his parents show him and his brother, John, a sparrow's nest in a fallen tree. It was Ford's earliest memory, and he had the scene recreated in this painting by favorite artist Irving Bacon.
- Portrait of George Washington Carver, 1944 - Henry Ford commissioned his personal artist, Irving Bacon, to paint a portrait of Ford's friend, the agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. Carver sat for the painting during his visit to Dearborn in 1942. This photographs documents the work. Carver, who loved plants, the soil, and farmers, is shown in a meadow wearing his customary old suit with boutonniere and holding a peanut and milkweed pod.
- 1944
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Portrait of George Washington Carver, 1944
Henry Ford commissioned his personal artist, Irving Bacon, to paint a portrait of Ford's friend, the agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. Carver sat for the painting during his visit to Dearborn in 1942. This photographs documents the work. Carver, who loved plants, the soil, and farmers, is shown in a meadow wearing his customary old suit with boutonniere and holding a peanut and milkweed pod.
- Portrait of Woman, Thought to be Patience Shirley, circa 1725 -
- circa 1725
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Portrait of Woman, Thought to be Patience Shirley, circa 1725