Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration depicts a group of ten men gathered around a table. Abraham Lincoln is depicted at the head of the table and seven of the other men are military officers. The table has a tablecloth draped over it with a tray of inkwells and a large map is displayed across one end of the table with one of the officers pointing to a portion of it. The painter's name and the engraver's names are both listed on each bottom corners of the illustration. "First Council of War 1861" is captioned below. The illustration is within volume three of Abraham Lincoln : A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay.
Publication Date
1890
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.
Publisher
New York : The Century Co
Time Period
1890-1899
Subjects
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V3_First-Council-Of-War-1861_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 3
Repository
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana
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.
Recommended Citation
"Illustration, First Council of War 1861" (1890). Images. 118.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/118