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Word: philippoteaux (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cyclorama on the following pages, representing the climax of Pickett's charge, is housed in a special building at the Gettysburg battlefield. Painted in 1881 by French Artist Paul Dominique Philippoteaux, it is 30 ft. high and 370 ft. in circumference. The view is from behind the Union front line, and as the viewer looks along the painting toward the right, it is as though he is turning from north to east, then toward the south and finally west...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG | 7/5/1954 | See Source »

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