Civil War

Detail of Pauline Cushman 1833–1893. Modern albumen silver print from c. 1860-1870 wet collodion negative. Taken by Mathew Brady Studio (active 1844–94).
“Storied Women of the Civil War Era” at the Smithsonian Institute
The exhibition highlights the popularity of the cartes de visite in American society of the early 1860s and how becoming a carte de visite meant being famous, or at least, worthy of collection. Women…
Soviet poster dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the October Revolution and IV Congress of the Communist International.
The Museum of Socialist Art: Bulgaria’s De-facto Museum of Communist History
Could the Exhibition of Socialist Monuments Offer Guidelines for Americans to Recontextualize Confederate Statues?
The figure looks directly at the viewer, with large hat and cape. The hat casts a shadow over part of the figure's face as detailed later.
Reframed: Augustus Saint-Gaudens' "The Puritan"
In 1881, nearly a century after the United States defeated Great Britain in 1783, Massachusetts businessman Chester Chapin commissioned a statue to commemorate America’s centennial.
The recently defaced Robert E. Lee monument on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.
Confederate Monuments: Past, Present, and Future
As peaceful and violent protests have taken over big and small cities, monuments and statues devoted to controversial historical figures have become a major site of conflict.