Introduction

With funding from the The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Heritage Philadelphia Program, the Library Company is excited to begin a collaborative project with artist Jennifer Levonian. Over the next few months, Jennifer will be creating a video animation inspired by the library’s collections. She has chosen to explore the topic of women who disguised themselves as men and fought as soldiers in the Civil War. Her video will become part of the library’s upcoming exhibition, John A. McAllister’s Civil War: The Philadelphia Home Front opening in May. This blog will chronicle her process of creating the video and will include postings from Jennifer and library staff working with her. We welcome your comments.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Illustrating the Civil War


Jennifer recently visited the Library Company to look at some of our printed material, including Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Leslie’s was a heavily illustrated American literary and news serial founded in 1855. It portrayed the week’s events with large, striking, and sometimes sensational depictions. Circulation rose with coverage of events such as the shocking murder of New York dentist Harvey Burdell in 1857; John Brown’s raid, trial, and execution; and the 1860 Heenan-Sayers boxing match—the total fight edition sold 347,000 copies! But Leslie’s, along with competing illustrated papers like Harper’s Weekly and the New York Illustrated News, reached its peak during the Civil War. These publications brought images of the war into Americans’ homes. Leslie’s had as many as twelve correspondents at a time covering the war and more than eighty artists providing some 3,000 scenes of battles and military life.
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