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Creator Role
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Description
The CDV features a seated portrait of Winfield Scott, a general in the United States Army. In the portrait, Scott is pictured wearing his Army uniform.
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Approximate Creation Date
1862
Measurement
4 X 2 1/2 inches
Materials and Techniques Display
paper (fiber product); albumen process
Inscription
recto, below print: 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. verso, backmark: 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 / Chieftain. / CHAS. D. FREDRICKS & CO., / 587 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Subjects
Carte de visite photographs; Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Work Type
albumen prints ; cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Class
CDVs
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
825
Digital ID
FVW_00825
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries.
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.