(CIVIL WAR MARYLAND) Easel Monument memorial broadside to t

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(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) "Easel Monument" memorial broadside to two fallen soldiers from the Stephy family. Lithograph, 31 x 22 1/4 inches, completed in manuscript; minor staining, slightly warped. Bridgeport, CT: J.W. Carnahan, 1891

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Depicts a colossal imaginary monument covered with patriotic vignettes, set in an urban park with several admirers. The blank area is inscribed in the memory of William H. Stephy, 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade regiment, who was captured in 1863 and presumed dead; and his brother John David Stephy of the 7th Maryland Infantry, who died at the Battle of the Wilderness in 1864. It is captioned in manuscript "this picture of the Easel Monument was dedicated . . . by their sister Rebecca Bell, March 15 1896." The lithography credits read "Designed by the Monumental Bronze Co., Bridgeport, Conn. Copyrighted A.D. 1891 by J.W. Carnahan."