Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
The Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson |
Catalog Number |
1992.014.00001 |
Date |
1869 |
Description |
Oil on canvas painting, depicting two figures on horseback. Artist's signature, "Julio St. Louis Mo. 1869," located in the lower left; painting set in large walnut frame (992.14.2). |
Material |
paint (oil); textile (canvas); wood |
Dimensions |
H-102 W-74 inches |
Owned |
Everett B. D. Julio; John B. Richardson |
Made |
Everett B. D. Julio |
Event |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
Provenance |
Everette Julio depicted a romanticized version of Generals Lee and Jackson's last meeting during the pre-dawn hours of May 2, 1863, before the Battle of Chancellorsville. After this meeting, Jackson led his men on the famous march around the Union troops for a surprise attack in the afternoon. After the successful attack, Jackson was mortally wounded by his own men in the evening. Julio wanted to be the historian-painter of the South. However, "Last Meeting" turned out to be the artist's first and last heroic Confederate painting. He died in 1879, in debt, without ever selling the painting. After Julio's death, Col. John B. Richardson of the Washington Artillery (Louisiana) bought "Last Meeting" from his estate. |
People |
Lee, Robert E. Traveller Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Little Sorrel Richardson, John B. Julio, Everett B. D. |
Subjects |
animals horses Art Generals Paintings Portrait paintings Portraits Soldiers |