The Wahpeton times., 1889-03-28
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The cyciorama must first be plan.
ned. The artist in chief makes q
rough sketch showing how the various
portions Of the battle field are to be
brought and blended together; this il
followed by more careful drawing G.
the outlines of the whole painting /
India ind. these sketches being fasten
ed together inside of a cylinder, form.
ing a miniature but complete image ol
the cyclorama. Careful attention must
be paid to, the topography of the
country, the positions of the various
commands of troops, the relations of the
assaulting lines, camps, etc. This
design having been completed it is
divided into 100 squares, each ofwhich
is exactly one-tenth the space its con.
tents are to occupy upon the canvas.
These squares are then numbered and
photographed and at night the mega
tives placed in q camera obscura and
their outlines thrown upon stretcher,
enlarged to fill the allotted space. The
artist then with charcoal crayons fixes
upon the canvas the lines which there
appear in bold relief. In two weeks
time these 100 squares have been trans.
ferred to the $4,000 square yards .ol
canvas. The artist then fills out the
squares in landscape and then begins
the scenes of action, the life of the
battlefield, its spirit and its death.
Lookout mountain grows under the
artists brush and the struggling village
of Chattanooga is painted from an old
sketch. Orchard Knob, the ridge, the
river are painted as it were from life
The foliage of the trees. the setting
sun and the tints of autumn of the
mountainous Tennessee. For months
the artist in figures, faces and animals
has been busy. There arc wooden
models OF cannon and horses, uniforms,
saddles, tattered flags, swards, muskets
and all the paraphernalia of war scat
tered about the studio to aid him in
his work. Thus the work goes on for
weeks and finally all the squares are
filled and at last the monster canvas
seems to hold upon its surface q living
scene.
The painting completed, which re-
quired the service of three leading ar
lists and ten assistants, a little over ten
months to complete it ready for ship
ment.
And what an excellent work! The
simple covering of such piece of can
vas with landscape is an arduous task
to perform in itself, but animate this
immense space with thousands of busy
figures, some apparently but a hundred
feet distant, others miles away; some
below the line of vision, others high
above, and all producing an harmonious
life like representation. is labor
which to be appreciated must be under
stood.
The actors and the action are those
of the memorable days. November "a
and 25, 1868. Grant is there, Sheridan
is there, Sherman is there, Howard,
Hooker, Hazen, Turchin, Martin, Boyn-
ton, Wood, the Smiths, McClurg, Loom
is, Davis. McCook, Crook. Carl Schurz,
Williams, Geary, Osterhause, Ewing,
are all there, just where they were
with their>commands.
The canvas being completed in its
entirety. the nobility and prominent
personages. residents of Berlin, were,
on invitations of Prof. Bracht. invited
to private view of the canvas as it
hung in the studio and many were the
concentrations of praise given the
work by both the press and nobility of
the German capital.
Then commenced the work of pre-
pairing the canvas for shipment to
Kansas City. A roller ffty-fve feet
long and three feet in diameter was at
tached perpendicularly to the tallest
OF the movable structures and the can
vas slowly rolled upon it by means OF
block and tackle and crank, the car
supporting it being moved upon the
rails of an improvised railway as fast
as was necessary. The picture was
safely incased in a strong water proof
box four feet square and sixty feet in
length. lined with. zinc and hermetical-
ly sealed to preserve it from ocean
moisture. Then being transported to
the seaboard, it was shipped on the
fast sailing steamer Idle July 10, 1886,
arrived in New York July %, and a
special permit was issued by the secre-
tary OF war to have the same shipped
to Kansas City in open cars from port
OF entry. The duty paid on the canvas
was over $4,000. The painting is so
by 400 feet in size, contains 10000 sup
erficial feet and weighs over seven
tons. 80.
During the progress of the work on
the painting the building at Broadway
and Eighth streets. where the painting
has been on exhibition since September
IL, 1886. was being constructed by an
incorporated company. among which
were Messrs. Henry W. Hill. Andrew
McNally. Loeb Bros, Francis Lackner
and others of Chicago; Colonel Kersey
Coates, D. Bowes, Captain Ed H.
Webster, w. A. Bunker, Senator Vest
and others OF Kansas City.
The building completed. the canvas
placed in position, the first public view
was given Saturday afternoon, Septem-