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GETTYSBURG -- It is said Battle of Gettysburg veterans were so overwhelmed by the reality of French artist Paul Philippoteaux's colossal 377-foot Cyclorama painting at its 1884 unveiling in Chicago that some openly wept.
On Friday, when the Gettysburg Foundation and the National Park Service welcome visitors to the new Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama Gallery as part of the grand opening of the $103 million museum and visitors complex, those in attendance may not weep, but Civil War aficionados and tourists likely will be stunned by the work.See the full content of this document
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Gettysburg Gallery Creates Larger-Than-Life Experience
The Cyclorama, which depicts Pickett's Charge, is the United States' largest oil painting. At $15 million, it has undergone the most expensive refurbishment of an oil painting in the nation's history. As part of the five-year project, it was cleaned, repaired and restored to its original dimensio...
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