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Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) In dress uniform, seated and wearing hat, 3/4 length portrait

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.02.0697 Author/Creator: Scott, Winfield (1786-1866) Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: Pagination: 1 carte de visite 10.4 x 6.3 cm Order a Copy

Ink inscription on recto "GO." Imprint on recto "Lieut Gen Winfield Scott. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862, by Chas. D. Fredricks & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Photographers imprint on verso: "This picture of Lieut Gen Winfield Scott was made at West Point, N.Y. June 10, 1862. The subscribers claim that, for correctness of portraiture, finish and detail, it is pre-eminently the best portrait of the Great American Military Chieftan. Chas. D. Fredricks & Co., 587 Broadway, New York."

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