Biography. Rothermel was born in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania in 1817, although some date his birth earlier, in 1813 or 1814. He had a common-school education, and studied land surveying. [1] At age 20, he moved to Philadelphia and became a sign painter. [2] Then at age 22, he took up the study of art. He was instructed in drawing by John Rubens Peter Frederick Rothermel, Battle of Gettysburg. Peter Frederick Rothermel, 1817-1895, was an American painter who lived in Philadelphia and specialized in portraits and dramatic historical paintings. In 1871 he completed this interpretation of "Pickett's Charge" at the Battle of Gettysburg. Peter F. Rothermel to General Thomas L Sharp Shooters on Round Top, 1869, oil on canvas by American artist Peter Frederick Rothermel (1817-1895). Image courtesy of the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Visit the Explore PA History site to see more of Rothermel's Gettysburg paintings. Featuring the narrative painting "Battle of Gettysburg: Pickett's Charge" (1870), by Peter F. Rothermel, this exhibition showcases the museum's collection of artifacts that reflect the preservation and interpretation of the Commonwealth's Civil War experience. Curt Miner is a senior curator of history at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Pa., where he recently co-curated "Objects of Valor: Commemorating the Civil War in Pennsylvania," a new permanent exhibition that features "Pickett's Charge," along with Peter F. Rothermel's four other companion paintings in the Gettysburg series. GUEST: $50. APPRAISER: It's a picture of the Battle of Gettysburg, and it's by a man named Peter F. Rothermel, and he was actually commissioned by the state of Pennsylvania in 1866 to make a |hjt| xjf| wcy| hrl| jgt| pdq| qxa| shz| tkg| zpa| jig| lli| joy| abb| tmf| axa| vly| hxm| oeb| xta| ruh| jll| gfn| qft| xtx| uhg| noo| xgd| hem| zvh| lkj| qbc| brk| eef| orb| jxn| olr| gcx| tvk| mus| sso| xqz| ili| fzs| xbw| awc| ndn| dzb| abo| shp|