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Union League
1873 · Charcoal and white gouache on off-white wove paper
18 3/4 x 20 in. (47.6 x 50.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wallace Morgan was an American painter known for his depictions of military conflict and American historical subjects. Active in New York during the early twentieth century, his work documented warfare and national identity through oil painting. Morgan's canvases were exhibited at MoMA in the landmark 1944 exhibition American Battle Painting 1776, 1918, establishing his role in the tradition of American war painting.
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