The Spirit of the Street Signed Art Print 2500 Limited Edition
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The Fine art of Mort One thousand�nstler / The American Spirit / The Ceremonious War
Here yous will detect a pictorial chronicle of the drama and excitement of American History. These paintings give the viewer an insight into the tumultuous life of this immature nation that mere words cannot achieve.
Charleston - Autumn, 1861 - limited edition print SOLD OUT
General Lee at the Mills Firm
Painted 1996
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Image Size: 18" x 29".
Overall Size: 23 3/4" ten 33 1/2".
2500 Limited Edition Numbered and Signed, Issue Price $200, Release Date 1998
100 Artist Proofs Numbered and Signed, Issue Cost $350, Release Date 1998
350 Patron's Edition Numbered and Signed, Issue Price $200, Release Date 1998
Historical Information
For Southerners, the fall of 1861 was a flavour of great expectations. Eleven Southern states had formed a new nation � the Confederate States of America � and the fledgling country had successfully dedicated itself in the field. The big-scale battles that would produce America's bloodiest state of war had yet to occur. Southerners were yet rushing to arms, fielding new troops, parading through city streets and drilling on courthouse squares.
Nowhere did the flame of Southern patriotism burn brighter than in Charleston, South Carolina. Similar nigh Americans on both sides, Charlestonians believed the War Between the States would be brief and bloodless. The Federal naval blockade had non yet applied its mortiferous squeeze. Federal artillery had yet to bombard the handsome city structures into battered buildings. The pain and suffering of war had note yet reached almost Southern homes.
Instead, an atmosphere of hope and commemoration still afflicted the South � and Charleston. Companies like the Jackson Guards � named for Southern martyr James T. Jackson - paraded through Charleston's streets before admiring onlookers. Southern women made uniforms and raised funds for the boys in the field. Southern dignitaries were honored with receptions and balls.
In mid-November of 1861, General Robert E. Lee was welcomed to Charleston by the port city'due south leading citizens. As special armed forces advisor to President Jefferson Davis, Lee had come to Charleston to oversee development of South Carolina's coastal defenses. He was a guest at the Mills House, Charleston's most prestigious hotel, and was treated as an honored visitor. Rank and position � not fame � afforded him Charleston'southward genteel courtesies. He was not nonetheless the South'south most honey effigy; that glory awaited him on countless bloody fields of the future. Such acclaim � and the wartime horrors to come up � could hardly be imagined amid sea breezes on a warm autumn night in Charleston.
Mort Kunstler'southward Comments
I fell in dearest with Charleston on my first visit. I have returned there many times, and in April of 1997, I took my wife Deborah there to unveil The Charge at Trevillian Station at the Citadel. Debbi likewise fell in beloved with the picturesque urban center, and encouraged me to base more of my paintings in celebrated Charleston.
One of the finest hotels in the city during the war was the Mills House, which today has been rebuilt and restored to its original splendor. When I learned of Robert E. Lee'due south visit to Charleston in 1861, I immediately knew what I wanted to paint. Enquiry revealed when Lee was in the city, that he stayed at the Mills House and what Amalgamated troops were in the urban center that day.
In this painting, I take portrayed the Mills Firm and several other buildings which were in that location then and still exist today. Hibernian Hall (the Greek Revival building upwardly the streets from the Mills House) and the wonderfully restored St. Michael's Church (on the opposite side of Meeting Street) are visible in this painting.
On this evening, beautiful, begowned women of Charleston and handsomely uniformed soldiers arrive for a reception to honor Full general Lee. A company of South Carolina troops march by below their distinctive boxing flag. They concenter the attending of General Lee, as well as boys and older men - who wish they were the right age to serve the South in uniform. This was earlier the bloody fighting of 1862, when the existent horrors of state of war began. Instead, in November of 1861, patriotism dominated the day. Pageantry and parades were common, and the future of the S looked bright and promising.
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