Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of Ambrose Everett Burnside, an American army officer and politician who became a senior Union general in the Civil War. Burnside is depicted as standing next to a small table with his left hand resting on the table next to his hat. Burnside is wearing a dark, double-breasted military uniform with epaulettes, a belt and sash, and gloves. What appears to be a pile of fabric is depicted behind him. The photographer is listed along the bottom edge of the illustration and Burnside's signature is depicted beneath. "Likeness from a recent Photograph from life" is captioned beneath the signature. This illustration is in volume six 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
Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824 – 1881
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V6_Ambrose-Burnside_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 6
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, Ambrose Everett Burnside" (1890). Images. 275.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/275