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The Room in the McLean House

Name: The Room in the McLean House
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 85788

Major and Knapp

$475

American (1846–1982)

Date: 1867
Lithograph with tintstone on paper
Image Size: 11.5 x 18.25 inches
Frame Size: 20.5 x 26.75 inches

$475

Framed

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about The Room in the McLean House

The full name of this print is "The Room in the McLean House, at Appomattox Court House, in which General Lee Surrendered to General Grant".

It was created by Major & Knapp Lithography Company and was commissioned as a fundraising device by Wilmer McLean. The print contains portraits of the personalities meticulously copied from period photographs. The portrayal of Lee and two aides is modeled after a photograph for which the general had reluctantly posed on the back porch of his Richmond house a week after the surrender.

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About The Artist: Major and Knapp

MMajor & Knapp, originally formed in 1846 in New York City as Sarony & Major, a partnership between lithographer and photographer Napoleon Sarony (1821-1896) and Henry B. Major. With the promotion to partner of Joseph F. Knapp (ca. 1830-1889) and the succession of Richard C. Major over Henry B. Major in 1857, the business was reestablished as Sarony, Major & Knapp. In 1863, Sarony withdrew from the firm, which was renamed Major &...

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About The Medium: Lithograph

A print created using flat stones or metal plates. The artist creates a lithograph by drawing an image directly onto the printing element using materials like lithograph crayons or special grease pencils. After this, the drawing is transferred from the plate to the paper in multiples. A lithograph will not have dots when examined with a magnifying glass.

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