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Summary
Caption continues: In memory of Ebenezer Bell of the 88th Pa Reg. Company who died at Laurel Hill, Va. May the 5th 18[76]4. A brave and gallant soldier and true patriot. His toils are past his work is done, / And he is fully blest. / He fought the fight the victory won, / And enters into rest.
In this caption the name of the deceased, the Company he fought with, the place and date of death are all inscribed in ink. Also, the first three numerals of the year are printed on the certificate as "187", the "7" is overwritten with a "6".
Publication date based on copyright statement on item.
Inscribed in ink on verso: A440005.
Inscribed in pencil on verso: Exchange Wm N. McLeod 2/7/44.
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 5997
Exchange; Wm. N. McLeod; 1944 Feb. 7.
Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress).
New York City from 1835 to 1907 headed first by Nathaniel Currier, and later jointly with his partner James Merritt Ives. The prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand-colored. The firm called itself "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints" and advertised its lithographs as "colored engravings for the people". The firm adopted the name "Currier and Ives" in 1857.