Reading journel entry 4

The Great Illusion of Gettysburg  In this article, the writer writes about how 19th century French artiest   Paul Philippoteaux gets the real look of the Battle of Gettysburg. He tells Philippoteuax has done paintings of historical battles in Europe too. During the story they tell how they interview survivors of the battle for personal experience . It tells how he used photos of how the landscape of the terrain of the battle field. During the article, the writer tells how the cost $200,000 for investors to make copies for a few cities. Some of the cites were Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. When it the newspapers reviewed about the painting, they gave mix thoughts about the painting. At one point they said they found the Boston version found in vacant lot In the middle of a abandoned apartment, they give a brief summary of the great battle too.
There were many parts in this article that I found to be very interesting. For example, I didn't know that Paul Phillippoteaux made more than one copy of the painting. Another section that was very interesting to learn, that the copy that was damaged: they had the picture restored to its former glory years later. The style of writing, is written as if the writer  has gotten this information from history books.