The Red Badge of Courage – Meme & Poster Download

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Frankly, I don’t think my novel needs any paintings or memes to help explain it. Can someone tell me what a ”meme” is?

—Stephen Crane

Literature Disguised as Fun

These are the posters and memes from The Red Badge of Courage in full color (if the original is color). The PDF download also includes a photo of Stephen Crane and some blank memes that your students can get creative with.

These can be printed* for your classroom or for your homeschooled students. See below for what’s included.

*The download can be used to print memes and posters for a single classroom or one household.

Included in the Download

Art Used

  • At the Front George Cochran Lambdin (1830–1896) oil on canvas | 24” x 18.2” | 1866 {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Formal portrait of Stephen Crane taken in Washington D.C., March 1896 Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US-expired}}
  • A Bit of War History: The Contraband Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) oil on canvas | 20.2” x 28.2” | 1865 Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas Waterman Wood, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US-expired}}
  • A Bit of War History: The Veteran Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) oil on canvas | 20.2” x 28.2” | 1865 Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas Waterman Wood, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US-expired}}
  • A Bit of War History: The Recruit Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) oil on canvas | 20.2” x 28.2” | 1865 Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas Waterman Wood, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Rainy Day in Camp Winslow Homer (1836-1910) oil on canvas | 35.9” x 20” | 1871 Winslow Homer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Metropolitan Museum of Art {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Home, Sweet Home Winslow Homer (1836-1910) oil on canvas | 16.4” x 21.4” | 1863 Winslow Homer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US-expired}}
  • The Captain William Gilbert Gaul (1855-1919) oil on canvas | 1890 Peabody Essex Museum {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Defiance: Inviting a Shot before Petersburg Winslow Homer (1836-1910) oil on panel | 17.9” x 12” | 1864 Winslow Homer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Scene from the Spanish War of Independence Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) oil on canvas | 39.1” x 28.3” | 1808-1812 {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Sounding Reveille Winslow Homer (1836-1910) oil on canvas | 19.4” x 12.9” | 1871 Winslow Homer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Battery Laurens Street Charleston, Feb. 7, 1864 Conrad Wise Chapman (1842–1910) oil on panel | 15.5” x 11.5” | 1864 Conrad Wise Chapman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Emblems of the Civil War Alexander Pope (1849-1924) oil on canvas | 54 3/16” x 51 1/8” | 1888 {{PD-US-expired}}
  • Prisoners from the Front Winslow Homer (1836-1910) oil on canvas | 38” x 24” | 1866 {{PD-US-expired}}