The New Picture of the Eagle.

Creator

Dunlop, Sewell, and Spalding

Files

Creator Role

publishers

Description

The CDV-sized chromolithograph features an image of Old Abe, the eagle mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment. The image depicts Old Abe perched atop a patriotic shield. Each corner of the card has been trimmed at a diagonal.

Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Approximate Creation Date

n.d.

Measurement

3 7/8 X 2 3/8 inches

Materials and Techniques Display

paper (fiber product); chromolithography

Inscription

verso: The New Picture of the Eagle. / (From a Photograph taken in March, 1865.) / Album Portrait of "Old Abe," the Live / Eagle, which was carried through a three / years' campaign, and many battles, by the / 8th Wisconsin Regiment. / These pictures are sold for the benefit of / the Great Sanitary Fair in Chicago, which / opens May 30, 1865. Price 15 cents each. / Ten for one dollar. Nine dollars per hund- / red. Sent free of postage. / We are also preparing, for sale for the / benefit of the Fair, a complete and au- / thentic history of the Eagle, which will / be ready for delivery a week or two before / the Fair opens. / ADDRESS-ALFRED L. SEWELL. / Care of DUNLOP, SEWELL & SPALDING, Chicago, Ill.

Subjects

United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865)

Work Type

cartes-de-visite (card photographs) ; chromolithograph

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

1029

Digital ID

FVW_01029

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.