Until We Meet Again by Mort Kunstler framed 30x40 print Start Price USD 1,800.00 Current Price USD 1,800.00 Time Left - Bid Count 1 Buy It Now Price USD 2,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 25, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 02, 2008 Location Greer, SC See more about 'Until We Meet Again by Mort Kunstler framed 30x40 print' Description A Rare Find!  Until We Meet Again by Mort Kunstler depicts Gen. Jackson bidding farewell to his wife at his headquarters in Winchester the winter of 1861-62. Original Print 546/2700 is in excellent condition! This print has been customed framed in a gallery with triple matting and a dark wood frame.  The print image size is 18x21, with the overall size 22x31. Framed, this picture is 30x40. This picture resides in a climate controlled home. It has been professionally packaged with UPS and will ship UPS Ground. The shipping is FREE!!!  Will ship to U.S. street addresses only. NO PO Boxes. Will Not ship outside of the U.S. Insurance is included in the shipping & handling. With this print being out of print, this is an amazing deal! I accept PayPal only and there will be No Refunds, unless the item has been unintentionally misrepresented. Please check out my other auctions and email me with any questions you might have. Thanks!   Mort Künstler's Comments:The inspiration and idea for this painting came about through a series of circumstances. The Farmers and Merchants Bank of Winchester had purchased my original painting "Jackson Enters Winchester." The Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Will Feltner, asked me if I would be interested in doing a companion piece. Naturally, I was delighted.During a visit to "Stonewall" Jackson's Headquarters in Winchester, I learned that the historic building had never been depicted in a painting, and decided this would be the perfect opportunity to do so.No fighting had taken place at Jackson's winter headquarters, so I chose to illustrate a tranquil snow scene similar to my "Confederate Winter." In walking around the former Lewis T. Moore house, I found that the most interesting side of the building was the original front. Where the public now enters is actually the side of the structure. Walking around to the original front, one finds that, aside from the entrance, the only major changes made since Jackson's time are the addition of two dormers on the second floor.It was here in Winchester that Mary Anna, Jackson's second wife, joined him for the winter of 1861-62. The Jacksons stayed at the home of Dr. Graham, just a few doors away from Headquarters. I also learned that Mrs. Jackson would often walk over to Headquarters with a basket of food for supper.The scene shows "Stonewall" Jackson saying goodbye to Mary Anna.The General's blue uniform is of note. The coat is the same one Jackson wore at Virginia Military Institute when he was a professor of Artillery Tactics. It conforms to 1850 Uniform Regulations for Virginia Militia and, except for the buttons, is the "Old Army" uniform. Confederate Gary had not yet become universally standard.As his entourage waits, he and Mrs. Jackson walk a few steps away for some parting words in private. Members of his staff are witness to this tender moment, Major Henry Kyd Douglas, the mounted officer on the extreme left of the painting, would later gain fame as Jackson's biographer. On foot and immediately to the right of Douglas is Lieutenant Colonel William Allan, Jackson's Chief of Artillery. Directly behind him, a mounted trooper chats with Captain Jed Hotchkiss, topographical engineer and noted mapmaker for the General.Further on and just to the left of the stairs is Dr. Hunter McGuire, Jackson's medical chief, who later was to make his home in Winchester. Alongside Dr. McGuire in the red artillery officer's kepi is Lieutenant "Sandie" Pendleton. On the right of the stairs, Major Reverend Robert L. Dabney, in winter cape and coat, waits with Captain J.G. Morrison.To the right of Morrison, a mounted trooper of Jackson's cavalry escort carries the standard of the first National Flag. Major D.B. Bridgeforth is on the extreme right. The rest of the officers and men wait patiently for this man of steel, some turning away in embarrassment by this unexpected show of tenderness.The Jackson's' only child, Julia, was born the following November.I am privileged to know Julia's daughter, Mrs. Julia Christian Preston, the granddaughter of "Stonewall" Jackson and Mary Anna Jackson. At the age of 103, she is attractive, bright, alert and well, and living in North Carolina. I hope she enjoys this painting of her grandparents as much as I enjoyed painting it. Place a Bid!