Mort Kunstler’s “Victory Road the Rails,” Giclee 7/100, Jackson, July 19, 1861

Description: Mort Kunstler’s “Victory Road the Rails,” Giclee 7/100, Jackson at Piedmont Station, July 19, 1861 Limited Edition 7 of 100, Signed & Numbered Artist Giclee print by artist, Mort Kunstler Image Size: 18” x 36” Note: The image posted is a stock print. In fact, it is an image of the previous copy of this Giclee that was replaced by the artist. You can see signs of a flaking defect on this original on the upper right hand corner. Read further in this section for details. There is somewhat of an interesting background surrounding this particular production. I obtained the original from the previous owner, then discussed the Giclee with a local Kunstler authorized art dealer, Art and Framing Center, Stafford, VA, to validate its authenticity and learn more about the item. During the review, the dealer identified cracking issues in the Giclee that I’d purchased. The dealer determined that the cracking issues occurred in the original production. As such, the dealer contacted the Kunstler firm to facilitate its replacement. Kunstler Enterprises, after applying their own validation process, produced this replacement Giclee less than a month ago and it is complete with a Certificate of Authenticity. The replacement Giclee is signed and numbered by Mort Kunstler. I am also including the Certificate of Authenticity (COA) from the damaged print. It can serve as a back-up. From Mort kunstler’S Website: Historical Information It was like a grand holiday. Throughout the North and South in the summer of 1861, America's young men gleefully pulled on new uniforms, shouldered "rifle-muskets" and cheerfully left for war. They would whip the Rebels in 90 days, boasted Northern recruits. One Southerner could lick ten Yankees, claimed Southern boys. Never again would Americans go to war with such an unrealistic, romantic notion. Some knew better. Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson, an unremarkable mathematics instructor from the Virginia Military Institute, was a Mexican War veteran, and he tried hard to prepare his troops - Virginia's First Brigade - for the reality of war. But even Jackson's troops went to war as if heading for a holiday picnic. As they boarded a train at Virginia's Piedmont Station - among the first troops moved to battle by rail - they encountered a boisterous celebration. Flags were flying, troops were waving and young women were passing out treats. A holiday atmosphere masked a grim reality: Many of these youngsters, like their counterparts in the North, would soon be dead or wounded in the war's first major battle at First Manassas. There, too, near the banks of an obscure creek called Bull Run, the unknown VMI officer, Thomas J. Jackson, would rally the shaken Southerners, help turn the day for the Confederacy - and emerge forever famous as General "Stonewall" Jackson. Mort Kunstler's Comments: Ideas for my paintings come from different sources and my newest painting, Victory Rode the Rails, is no exception. The name was inspired by the title of a fifty-year old book by George Edgar Turner. I was on my way to an appearance at Virginia's Shenandoah University when I encountered the historic site that led me to paint Victory Rode the Rails. Bill Austin, the director of the university's History and Tourism Center, had picked me up at the airport in Washington, D.C. As we passed near the town of Delaplane, Virginia, he said he wanted to show me something interesting. We crossed some railroad tracks and stopped in front of an old brick building, now housing an antiques store. During the Civil War, Bill told me, the structure was the railroad station for the town, at that time called Piedmont Station. It was here, I learned, that Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson and his troops boarded the train that would take them to the battle of First Manassas and everlasting fame. What a great subject for a painting! The scene had never been painted, and I could include a building that still exists today - which I always enjoy. I consulted with award-winning historian James I. Robertson, Jr., author of the acclaimed biography, Stonewall Jackson, and with a very knowledgeable railroad historian, Courtney Wilson, who is executive director of the B & O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. And, as usual, I also studied a variety of historical works related to the subject. The more I learned, the more I wanted to paint this picture! In the center of interest General Jackson sits on Little Sorrel, giving orders to his loyal aide, Lieutenant Colonel "Sandy" Pendleton, who is accompanied by Jackson's chief surgeon, Dr. Hunter McGuire. General Jackson, of course, still wears his blue VMI uniform. The Piedmont sign is clearly visible, and the tender of the locomotive bears the name of the Manassas Gap Railroad on its side. Overcrowding forced a large number of troops to ride atop the train cars next to where the brigade's horses are being loaded. Everything shown in the painting is supported by primary sources - eyewitness accounts, diaries, official records and memoirs. It's quite poignant, when you think about what awaited these young men at First Manassas. Also, here is Jackson - just another officer in a pre-war blue uniform - on the verge of becoming the famous "Stonewall." To me, it was an extraordinary event that begged to be recorded - an absolutely absorbing, colorful expression of our American heritage. Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Original COA is included. Shipping: United States Postal Service (USPS) Priority Mail, fully insured, shipped flat. 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