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Kurz and Allison
Kurz and Allison were a major publisher of chromolithographs in the late 19th century. This Chicago company gained its reputation for depicting battles of the American Civil War with a set of these 36 battle scenes designed by Salzburg-born Louis Kurz (1835-1921), a veteran of the war. The prints were considered highly inaccurate but quite popular. The company also created several large prints of major battles of…
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Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War, and the Russo-Japanese War. Their rendering of the Battle of Chancellorsville was used as cover artwork for the game Chancellorsville. Their rendering of the Battle of Pea Ridge lithograph was used as cover artwork for the game Civil War Classics, Volume 1: The Battles of Pea Ridge & Shiloh. Their lithograph of the Battle of Opequan or Winchester, VA was used as cover artwork for the game Shenandoah: A Civil War Game of the Valley Campaigns – 1862 and 1864. The cover artwork for the game McPherson's Ridge: The First Hours of Gettysburg is also believed to have been created by Louis Kurz. The cover artwork for the game Dead of Winter: The Battle of Stones River (Second Edition) includes "Battle of Stones River" artwork by Kurz and Allison.
Biography and credits from BoardGameGeek.
