Contributor
Frank and Virginia Williams
Description
This black and white illustration is of Rear-Admiral Raphael Semmes, an officer in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Seems is depicted seated with one arm resting on a nearby table and the other arm resting on the chair's armrest and wearing a dark suit with a black tie and white shirt. The illustration is on page 162 of 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
Semmes, Raphael, 1809 – 1877
Object Type
image
Format (original)
illustration
Format (digital)
JPG
Digital ID
FVW_NH_V9_Rear-Admiral-Raphael-Semmes_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, Rear-Admiral Raphael Semmes" (1890). Images. 515.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-nicolay-and-hay-images/515