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Unassimilated and Inadmissible When Katherine Kuh asked Edwin Dickinson about his painting, “Self-Portrait in Uniform” (1942), where the artist depicts himself in a mirror dressed as a Union soldier, he answered, “I’ve had a number of hobbies; one was the Civil War. For about nine years I was particularly interested in that subject and the portrait comes from that time.” READ MORE Image caption: Edwin Dickinson, “Self-Portrait in Uniform” (1942) (Courtesy Babcock Gallery, via John Perreault’s Artopia)

Unassimilated and Inadmissible

When Katherine Kuh asked Edwin Dickinson about his painting, “Self-Portrait in Uniform” (1942), where the artist depicts himself in a mirror dressed as a Union soldier, he answered, “I’ve had a number of hobbies; one was the Civil War. For about nine years I was particularly interested in that subject and the portrait comes from that time.” READ MORE

Image caption: Edwin Dickinson, “Self-Portrait in Uniform” (1942) (Courtesy Babcock Gallery, via John Perreault’s Artopia)

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