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Lot 540
[CIVIL WAR]. Exceptionally large woodcut panorama of a battle scene. Hartford, CT: Calhoun Printing Co., n.d. 
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$5,000 - 10,000
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$3,125
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Lot Description
[CIVIL WAR]. Exceptionally large woodcut panorama of a battle scene. Hartford, CT: Calhoun Printing Co., n.d. 

Woodcut, n.d., overall approx. 13 ft. 4 in. x  83 1/4 in., composed of 24 sheets approx. 21 x 28 in. professionally mounted on linen, displayed in wooden frame, unglazed. (Some scuffing, occasional marginal losses). 

A mounted unidentified captain wearing a plumed Hardee hat leaps over a low wall, saber drawn, leading his infantry troops into the fray. 

Calhoun Print Company is best recorded as printing theatrical and Wild West show broadsides, including for Buffalo Bill. No other Civil War prints, especially of this size, are located. RARE: No other copies located. 

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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