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Louis Prang Battle of Chattanooga Memorabilia UAC

Thure de Thulstrup. "Battle of Chattanooga, November 25, 1863." Boston: L. Prang, 1887. 15 x 21 7/8. Original Chromolithograph. A striking image that is one of the rare and important Civil War series issued by Louis Prang between 1886 and 1888. Naming them "aquarelle facsimile prints," Prang hoped to distinguish them from simpler chromos. Though he claimed they were made by a "new and secret process," they were primarily chromolithographs accomplished without any line work. Based on watercolors commissioned by Prang, they were intended to be naturalistic and accurate. This print shows the action at Chattanooga. From the top of a hill, General Ulysses S. Grant uses a field glass to follow the Union assault on Missionary Ridge. Grant is joined by Generals Gordon Granger (left) and George H. Thomas, whose chief of staff would later describe this image as a "beautiful lifelike picture." Thulstrup's details are noteworthy, from the orderly that holds the general's horses in the foreground to the artillery smoke rising from the distant enemy. In very good condition.