Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This is a black and white illustration of George Archibald McCall, a United States Army officer who became a brigadier general and prisoner of war during the American Civil War. McCall is depicted as wearing a dark, double-breasted military uniform with shoulder boars and a white collar; his right hand is depicted as tucked inside his coat pocket. The photographer and engraver are identified along the bottom edges of the illustration. McCall's signature is depicted below the illustration with the caption "Brig. Gen. McCall" beneath the signature. 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
McCall, George A., 1802 – 1868
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V5_McCall_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 49
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 A. McCall" (1890). Images. 258.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/258