Lithograph

Title:

The Defenders of the Union

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1995.591.03

Creator:

Sarony, Major & Knapp -- Lithographer; Goupil & Co., M. Knoedler Successor (1857-1884)

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1861

Description:

Lithograph, The Defenders of the Union, lithographed by Sarony, Major & Knapp (1857-1867), published by Goupil & Company, M. Knoedler Successor (1857-1884), 1861. Five Union Army officers stand behind seven seated Union Army officers; two officers, George B. McClellan and Winfield Scott, are seated in front of table and face each other; George B. McClellan clutches a piece of paper in his right hand; Winfield Scott seated to right of table is pointing to a location on map. Seated officers surround a square table with table cloth; visible on table are a map of Virginia and a protractor. Border with scroll leafs and berries inside in top left and right corner. "Lith of SARONY, MAJOR & KNAPP, 449 Broadway, N.Y." centered beneath scene; "GEO. B. McCLELLAN ", "IRVIN MCDOWELL", "JOHN E. WOOL", "N. P. BANKS", "WINFIELD SCOTT", "J. C. FRE[MONT]" / "COMM. STRINGHAM", "FRANZ SEIGEL", "JOHN A. DIX", "S. P. HEINTZLEMAN", "ROBERT ANDERSON", "BENJ. F. BUTLER", lower margin, from left to right. "THE DEFENDERS OF THE UNION.", centered block text in lower margin. "Paris, GOUPIL & CO. New York, Published by GOUPIL & CO. (M. Knoedler Successor) 772 Broadway. London, GOUPIL & CO. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by M. KNOED[LER] in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southn. District of [ ]", under title in lower margin. "#18" in pencil, in lower right side of print. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-23.4 W-31.6 inches

Provenance:

Found in Collection of New Hampshire Historical Society

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

McClellan, George B. (1826-1885), Scott, Winfield (1786-1866), GOUPIL & CO. (M. Knoedler Successor), Stringham, Silas H. (1798-1876), McDowell, Irvin (1818-1885), Banks, Nathaniel P. (1816-1894), Anderson, Robert, Heintzleman, Samuel P., Dix, John A., Sigel, Franz (1824-1902), Sarony, Major & Knapp, Sarony, Napoleon (1821-1896), Major, Henry B., Wool, John E. (1784-1869), Knapp, Joseph F., Butler, Benjamin F. (1818-1893), Fremont, John C. (1813-1890)

Subjects:

Military leadership, Military officers, Officers, Military, Civil War, Meetings