Engraving
- Title:
- Oliver Otis Howard, Major General, U. S. V.
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0562
- Creator:
- Brady & Company; Halpin, Frederick W. (1805-1880)
Engraver ; Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)Publisher - Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- circa 1870
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Gen. Oliver Otis Howard (1830-1909). Bust-length portrait of a man in uniform, wearing shoulder lapels with two stars on each (major general insignia). Only one star visible on left shoulder. Uniform is US Civil War period, inclusive of eight (visible) large buttons arranged in two columns and a slight gap after the third button from the top in each. Mid-length hair is combed back from face, flared around ears, and a full beard obscures jaw. Facing right; gray background. "O.O. Howard" facsimile of signature printed beneath portrait. Followed by: "OLIVER OTIS HOWARD, MAJOR GENERAL, U. S. V."; "Engd by F. Halpin from a Photo by Brady & Co."; Published by Jno B Bachelder. // NEW YORK". Produced by John B. Bachelder for the unpublished Illustrated History of the Battle of Gettysburg, c. 1870.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14 W-9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Howard, Oliver Otis (1830-1909), Halpin, Frederick W. (1805-1880), Bachelder, John Badger (1825-1894)
- Subjects:
- Civil War
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