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Richmond from Hollywood Cemetery, by James Mooney, 1908.
Mooney's vantage point was practically the same as George Cook's in 1924, although Hollywood Cemetery was only founded in 1849. Cooke produced an oil painting that is now lost, but the resulting print is well known as has been widely reproduced even to the present day. By 1908, the scene was less bucolic than in Cooke's time, yet in all likelihood James Mooney, a Confederate veteran, took pride in this environment dominated by smokestacks because it showed Richmond had recovered from the devastation of April; 1865 and had prospered. |