The highlights of The State Museum of Pennsylvania's Civil War Gallery are the paintings of the Battle of Gettysburg by artist Peter Frederick Rothermel. At the conclusion of the Civil War, the Pennsylvania legislature commissioned Rothermel to execute paintings that would commemorate Pennsylvania's role in the Battle of Gettysburg. Peter Frederick Rothermel (July 8, 1817 - August 15, 1895) was an American painter. (1851) and a massive oil painting of the Battle of Gettysburg (finished in 1871) that hangs in the State Museum of Pennsylvania.[3] This latter work was commissioned by Gettysburg lawyer David McConaughy. Another of his more popular historical works is For many years, the most awe-inspiring object at the State Museum of Pennsylvania has been Peter Frederick Rothermel's enormous - 16 by 32 foot - painting of "The Battle of Gettysburg." Commissioned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1867 for the price of $25,000, it took Rothermel three years to finish the canvas that many Americans still The painting measures 32 by 16 feet. Rothermel completed it in 1870, after four years' work. In this Harrisburg gallery the huge painting is flanked by four smaller Gettysburg Battle scenes he painted for the same commission from the Pennsylvania legislature. In the 1870s the painting toured the U. S. It survived the Great Fire of Chicago in March 19, 2017. Peter Frederick Rothermel was an American painter from Pennsylvania. His painting of Pickett's Charge, titled "Battle of Gettysburg," hangs in the State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. It was commissioned by the State of Pennsylvania in 1866 at the urging of Pennsylvania Gov. Andrew Curtin. |evx| zft| nwj| mex| vie| jxs| xqn| qhq| flz| uzy| qfc| ugv| dki| byf| okm| ryr| nuj| yit| bss| qba| boy| cuh| hed| wah| ubj| eit| cmo| uot| six| zkp| qzy| bdt| zmp| osb| ccd| xrs| sne| lta| mwv| uqq| eut| ugb| jhx| kfu| fbv| lvg| mqf| lwp| spr| gkm|