Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of George Armstrong Custer, a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer is depicted as standing with one arm resting on the barrel and the opposite hand resting on the handle of a sword. Custer is depicted waring a long, dark, double-breasted military coat with star-studded shoulder boards and two rows of buttons. The photographer, Brady, is named below the illustration and Custer's signature is depicted beneath it. The illustration is from volume nine 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
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839 – 1876; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V9_G-A-Custer_001
Source
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Nicolay and Hay’s Abraham Lincoln, Volume 9
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 Armstrong Custer" (1890). Images. 484.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/484