George Rickey was the Artist in Residence at Knox College from 1940-1941. It was then that he completed this painting as a study for the mural The Offer of Education. Though Rickey was considered American he lived in and was educated in Europe. …
This image is part of a larger photo album U.S. Military Railroad Photograph Album, containing 83 mounted photographs. It was created for Daniel Craig McCallum, director all military railroads for the Union army. The photograph was taken after the…