Mending

Posted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020

by Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924)

Oil on canvas, 46 x 35”. Knight studied in America (with Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins) and at l’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After painting battle scenes during the Civil War, he returned to France, ultimately being knighted in the Legion of Honor. In 1896 Knight received the Grand Medal of Honor from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Here is an amazing opportunity to research unique documents online, available throught the efforts of the Pamplin Historical Park.

Pamplin Historical Park and the Museum of the Civil War Soldier is proud to have among our collection of artifacts and images, a large archive of documents dating from the 18th to 20th Centuries – including the famed Wiley Sword Collection which was donated in 2015. Many of those documents are too delicate for display, so to advance our mission of education and preservation we are making digital versions of these invaluable resources available to the public for use and research.