As lieutenant general, seated full length portrait with hand on table

Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 As lieutenant general, seated full length portrait with hand on table

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GLC#
GLC05111.02.1441-View header record
Type
Images
Date
1862/06/10
Author/Creator
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Title
As lieutenant general, seated full length portrait with hand on table
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 carte de visite Height: 9.8 cm, Width: 6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

General scott is seated in uniform, resting his right forearm on a small table, and holding his sword by its sheath in his left hand. 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 in 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, NY, 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."

Civil War
Military History
Union Forces
Union General
West Point (US Military Academy)

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