The Consecration, 1861  1865

Gallery label: [br]The woman kisses the sword of her officer, dedicating it to a noble cause. The symbolism of the gray-blue color scheme must have been obvious to the artist’s postwar audience. This canvas recalled the romantic spirit in which many men went off to battle. Signed and dated in black or blue, l.l.: Geo. C. Lambdin / 1865 James E. Roberts Fund. The frame ...