Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of George Thomas, an American general in the Union Army during the American Civil War and one of the principal commanders in the Western Theater. Thomas is depicted as wearing a double-breasted dark military uniform with shoulder boards on either shoulder and a medal on his left chest pocket. Thomas's signature is depicted beneath the illustration and "Engraved by H. b. Hall and Sons, New York" is at the bottom of the page. This illustration is from volume five 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
Thomas, George Henry, 1816 – 1870
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V5_Geo-H-Thomas_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 29
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, George Henry Thomas" (1890). Images. 236.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/236