Kurz & Allison Framed Pair Civil War Color Lithograph Battle Scene Prints

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This handsome pair of colorful lithographed Civil War prints feature the Battle of Wilson's Creek 1861 and the Fall of … Read more This handsome pair of colorful lithographed Civil War prints feature the Battle of Wilson's Creek 1861 and the Fall of Petersburg 1865. The are marked Kurz and Allison, " a major publisher of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. Based at 267-269 Wabash Avenue in Chicago, they built their reputation on large prints published in the mid-1880s depicting battles of the American Civil War. A set of 36 battle scenes were published from designs by Louis Kurz (1835–1921), himself a veteran of the war. Kurz, a native of Salzburg, Austria, emigrated to the United States in 1848."
Beautifully matted and framed.
Sightline 24.75 x 18. See less