ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890

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ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890


Dimensions (inches):	Frame - 13.25" x 15.25", work - 7.5" x 9.5"
Description:
Oil on artist’s board painting of a spread-winged American eagle, perched on a rock outcropping in the midst of a Civil War naval scene. To the left is a depiction of the famous battle between the U.S.S. Monitor and the U.S.S. Merrimack (C.S.S. Virginia), and to the right, a three-masted sloop of war, likely to represent the U.S.S. Constitution, the Navy’s eldest vessel. A Grand Army of the Republic badge (the primary organization for Union Army & Navy veterans of the Civil War) is draped from the eagle’s beak, below which is a billowing streamer that bears its name, intertwined with an American flag, tipped to the eagle’s proper right, and a federal shield, both of the latter with gold stars gold stars. The stance of our nation’s mascot, which mimics that found on the G.A.R. broach, depicts what I have always considered to be the most iconic view of the federal eagle there is from the 19th century. Versions of this same view are known from other painters, executed during the late 19th century, when participation in the organization was a staple of the social lives of many Civil War vets. The work likely dates to sometime between the 1870’s and the 1890’s. The solid walnut molding, with ebonized trim and retaining its original gilded liner, dates to the period between 1870 and the 1880’s. Condition: Excellent, with nothing more than the tiniest flecks of paint loss. Exceptional colors and presentation.



Primary Color:	red, white, blue, brown, gold

Earliest Date:	1870

Latest Date:	1890's

For Sale Status:	Available

Price	$6,500

E-mail:	info@jeffbridgman.com

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ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890

ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890

ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890

ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890

ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890

ICONIC PAINTING OF AN AMERICAN EAGLE BEFORE A CIVIL WAR NAVAL SCENE, WITH A GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BADGE IN ITS BEAK, AN AMERICAN FLAG, AND A FEDERAL SHIELD, circa 1872-1890