Civil War & Reconstruction

Discussion at the Continental Arms 1861 Frederick William Billing Born: Eschwege, Germany 1835 Died: Santa Cruz, California 1914 oil on canvas 24 1/8 x 19 7/8 in. (61.2 x 50.5 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Mr. and Mrs. MacKenzie Gordon

Lee Surrendering to Grant at Appomattox ca Alonzo Chappel Born: New York, New York 1828 Died: Middle Island, New York 1887 oil on paperboard 12 3/8 x 17 1/4 in. (31.4 x 43.8 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Nancy L. Ross in memory of Patricia Firestone Chatham Smithsonian American Art Museum 2nd Floor, East Wing

Thanksgiving in Camp, from Harper's Weekly, November 29, Winslow Homer Born: Boston, Massachusetts 1836 Died: Prout's Neck, Maine 1910 wood engraving on paper image: 9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (23.2 x 34.9 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum The Ray Austrian Collection, Gift of Beatrice L. Austrian, Caryl A. Austrian and James A. Austrian Not currently on view

Abraham Lincoln ca William H. Johnson Born: Florence, South Carolina 1901 Died: Central Islip, New York 1970 oil on paperboard 36 1/4 x 33 3/8 in. (92.1 x 84.7 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of the Harmon Foundation Not currently on view

The Girl I Left Behind Me Eastman Johnson Born: Lovell, Maine 1824 Died: New York, New York 1906 oil on canvas 42 x 34 7/8 in. (106.7 x 88.7 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum purchase made possible in part by Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice in memory of her husband and by Ralph Cross Johnson Smithsonian American Art Museum 2nd Floor, East Wing

Untitled before 1950 Charles Pollock Born: Denver, Colorado 1902 Died: Paris, France 1988 tempera on canvas mounted on fiberboard 20 1/2 x 28 1/8 in. (52.1 x 71.3 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum Transfer from the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Not currently on view