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C170 19th century painting by Karl Garhardt ,Born in Boston on January 7, 1853, Karl Gerhardt was destined for fame as a sculptor of Ulysses S. Grant, Mark Twain, and a number of other famous men of that time. Early reports of Gerhardt's work history indicate he was a machinist at the Ames Foundry in Chicopee, Massachusetts--a company that specialized in building Civil War cannons during the conflict between the Union and Confederacy. The company turned its attention to casting memorials to fallen soldiers after the war ended. This is a painting of two Dogs on canvas excellent condition