Grant And His Generals (Post Card)

The format is approximately 5.5 inches by 3.5 inches. The front side is a nice color image of the famous painting. From the back of the post card: "This painting, authorized by President Lincoln in 1864, of the 27 leading Union Generals of the Civil War was made in 1864-1865 by the celebrated Norwegian artist, Ole Peter Hansen Balling, who served as colonel to the Union Army. All these portraits were made from life. The original painting 10x16 feet was exhibited in New York City in 1866 and there received the written approval and admiration of the generals themselves. It now hangs in the National Museum at Washington. The "C. T. Art Colortone" was made only by Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago. A postcard or post card is a piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically rectangular, intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. In some places, one can send a postcard for a lower fee than a letter. Stamp collectors distinguish between postcards (which require a postage stamp) and postal cards (which have the postage pre-printed on them). While a postcard is usually printed and sold by a private company, individual or organization, a postal card is issued by the relevant postal authority (often with pre-printed postage). Production of postcards blossomed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As an easy and quick way for individuals to communicate, they became extremely popular. The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and the also Greek -logy, the study of). A postcard—particularly one of the artful designs created by the largest postcard maker in the world, Chicago’s Curt Teich & Company—was often a recipient’s first full-color, visual introduction to a place . . . be it a famous landmark or just some random office building a few towns over. The surprisingly complex process required to make a postcard—and the choreographed intent baked into every edit and emphasis therein—has really had a lasting cultural impact beyond anything the postcard manufacturer or its clients could have imagined. "One of the important things about the Teich company is that they printed whatever came through their doors," says Katherine Hamilton-Smith, who presided over the Teich postcard archives when they were housed at the Lake County Discovery Museum [they have since moved to Chicago’s Newberry Library]. "If a job came in the door, they printed it. And so, it is America curating itself, in a sense. [Teich postcards] reveal how America saw itself in the 20th century." The portraits are of the following generals: Thomas Casimer Devin, 10 Dec 1822 - 4 Apr 1878; George Armstrong Custer, 5 Dec 1839 - 25 Jun 1876; Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, 14 Jan 1836 - 2 Dec 1881; William Hemsley Emory, 7 Sep 1811 - 1 Dec 1887; Philip Henry Sheridan, 6 Mar 1831 - 5 Aug 1888; James Birdseye McPherson, 14 Nov 1828 - 22 Jul 1864; George Crook, 8 Sep 1828 - 21 Mar 1890; Wesley Merritt, 16 Jun 1834 - 3 Dec 1910; George Henry Thomas, 31 Jul 1816 - 28 Mar 1870; Gouverneur Kemble Warren, 8 Jan 1830 - 8 Aug 1882; George Gordon Meade, 31 Dec 1815 - 6 Nov 1872; John Grubb Parke, 22 Sep 1827 - 16 Dec 1900; William Tecumseh Sherman, 8 Feb 1820 - 14 Feb 1891; John Alexander Logan, 9 Feb 1826 - 26 Dec 1886; Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885; Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881; Joseph Hooker, 13 Nov 1814 - 31 Oct 1879; Winfield Scott Hancock, 14 Feb 1824 - 9 Feb 1886; John Aaron Rawlins, 13 Feb 1831 - 6 Sep 1869; Edward Otho Cresap Ord, 18 Oct 1818 - 22 Jul 1883; Francis Preston Blair, Jr., 19 Feb 1821 - 9 Jul 1875; Alfred Howe Terry, 10 Nov 1827 - 16 Dec 1890; Henry Warner Slocum, 24 Sep 1827 - 14 Apr 1894; Jefferson Columbus Davis, 2 Mar 1828 - 30 Nov 1879; Oliver Otis Howard, 8 Nov 1830 - 26 Oct 1909; John McAllister Schofield, 29 Sep 1831 - 4 Mar 1906; and Joseph Anthony Mower, 22 Aug 1827 - 6 Jan 1870. Ole Peter Hansen Balling (13 April 1823 – 1 May 1906) was a Norwegian artist. …