The Soldier's Dream of Home
date: label: Date made
content: 1864
name: label: publisher; copyright holder
content: Smith, William
label: artist
content: Rosenthal, Max
label: maker
content: L.N. Rosenthal
notes: label: Description
content: Many prints published in the North during the Civil War were marketed towards the families of soldiers, who would hang these in their homes to reassure themselves that they remained in the minds of their loved ones away at war. This particular 1864 lithograph features a Union soldier reclining against a rock, atop which is mounted an American flag. In the clouds above the soldier, his dream materializes for the viewer: he returns home, arms outstretched to his wife, parents, and young son. The slumbering soldier is kept warm by a nearby fire, and behind him, a group of his fellow fighters smoke and converse between two cannon, as they wait for the coming battle the next day.
label: Description
content: This piece was created by Louis N. and Max Rosenthal, two brothers born in Russian Poland. Louis studied art in Berlin and Max studie.d in Paris and both immigrated to the United States around 1850. They worked together in Philadelphia, producing lithographs, mezzotints, etchings, and portrait miniatures.
label: Description
content: The publisher of the print, William Smith, was based in Philadelphia and produced frames for paintings between 1856 and 1860. By 1860, he had expanded to selling and publishing prints and pictures.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: referenced
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: American Civil War Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3325a
label: catalog number
content: 60.3325a
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 17 1/2 in x 22 1/2 in; 44.45 cm x 57.15 cm