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File Name	shades_hunt_0002.tif
Creator	Hope, James, 1818-1892
Title	Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain
Alternate Title	Lookout Mountain
Date	1878
Genre	Paintings
Material/Technique	Oil on Canvas
Dimensions	25 1/4 x 20 1/8 inches
Description	Landscape view of river valley with prominent rock formation at right.
Historical note	Created more than a decade after the Civil War, this close-up view of a rock formation on Lookout Mountain would have instantly evoked memories of the dramatic Civil War battle in which Union soldiers advanced up from the Tennessee River valley below to defeat Confederate forces holding the high ground on 24 November 1863. The artist, James Hope, served in the Union army as a topographical engineer.
Subject	Artists; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865;
Theme	The Persistence of Memory Visualizing the War Walking a Fine Line
Story	Reunions and Tourism Orlando Poe James Cameron
Geographic Location	United States--Tennessee--Chattanooga
Time period	1870-1879
Contributing Institution	Hunter Museum of American Art
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Hunter Museum of American Art.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University
Reference URL	http://content.mtsu.edu/u?/shades,203
Archival file	shades12/shades_hunt_0002.tif