Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
These black and white illustrations are of William Sprague, who participated in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War while he was a sitting Governor, is on the left and William Dennison, who served as the 24th governor of Ohio and as U.S. Postmaster General in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War is on the right. Both men are depicted as wearing a dark suit, vest, and tie with a white shirt. Sprague has a mustache. The men's names are captioned beneath their respective images. This illustration is from 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
Sprague, William, IV, 1830 – 1915; Dennison, William, Jr., 1815 – 1882
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V6_William-Sprague-and-William-Denison_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
"Illustrations, William Sprague and William Dennison" (1890). Images. 331.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/331