90.87.1a,b

Artwork, framed set

1866

Framed Civil War Era Scenes. Material: paper, wood, glass, metal. Size: 17" W. x 22" L. Description: steel and brown ornately carved wooden frames; Civil War era images reproduced on paper and mounted under glass. (a) Woman sitting at fireplace looking wistfully at her husband's picture hung above mantel and draped with U. S. flags; (b) Soldier on sentry duty looking at picture of woman in a small oval case.

Information on lower edge of unframed engraved print: From the original design by F. O. C. Darley; Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1866 by Bradley & Co.(66 N. Fourth St., Philadelphia) In the clerk's office of the District court for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania; Engraved by John Sartain, Phil. Frame and print separated in 12/12/2006 Frame location: basement, Row 1, Sec. B