GDG- Cyclorama Painting

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Are there any slides online of this painting? 

I'd like to see them

Mark Maritato

----- Original Message -----
From: Teej Smith <teej at nc.rr.com>
Date: Thursday, May 3, 2007 4:17 pm
Subject: Re: GDG- Cyclorama Painting
To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com>

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> > the three NC Business men should try to get a major art museum 
> like the 
> > metropolitain
> > Museum of Art in NY to buy it, they would have to build a 
> facility to show 
> > it off properly
> > though. I bet they could to it and make back their investment.
> 
>    Several years ago the North Carolina Civil War Tourism Council 
> was given 
> the opportunity to purchase the cyclorama. First of all, raising 
> enough 
> money to pay for the paintings was daunting, not to mention the 
> cost of 
> building a facility to house it, plus the cost of moving something 
> that 
> weighs 10 tons, and, as I recall, some of the panels needed work. 
> In the end 
> it proved to be more than the NCCWTC could realistically handle. At 
> that 
> time a banking corporation was looking at it as well with the idea 
> of 
> breaking up the panels and hanging them in their various branch 
> offices but 
> I think they came to the same conclusion. I wish the Tar Heel 
> businessmen 
> the best of luck in finding a good home for the cyclorama because, 
> from the 
> slides I saw of it, it truly is breath-taking.
> 
> Regards,
> Teej
> 
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