Beschreibung:

Colored mezzotint engraving, 22 x 18 in., with full margins, entitled Lieut. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson and His Family, by William Sartain dated 1866. Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Published by Bradley & Co., Philadelphia. Housed in period walnut frame, 36.5 x 30.5 in. Sartain (1843-1924) capitalized on the emergent Lost Cause movement using mass media to produce this elegant mezzotint print of the martyred Stonewall Jackson for the Southern market in 1866. The highly stylized setting included wife Mary Anna Jackson and daughter Julia Laura Jackson beneath a likeness of Robert E. Lee, and appeared chronologically before Sartain’s more common portraits of Jackson and fellow Southern icons. This tranquil scene is entirely Sartain’s composite as no known photographs of Jackson and family exist and reflects the master print maker’s idiosyncrasies—the child, Julia, with the head of an adult. Note the marble busts of George Washington and Jefferson Davis (then under indictment for treason) in chin whiskers disguised as Beethoven. Condition: Print is housed in a fancy period walnut Victorian shadow box frame. The outside dimensions of the frame are 36.5 by 30.5 inches. The frame has a gilded inset design. The print is matted. Square nails at corners. Print is nice and crisp, with no tears or rips, and very nice color. Overall, the print is in excellent condition. The frame is nice and solid, but does have some minor scuffing.