Engraving
- Title:
- N. Lyon
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0689
- Creator:
- O'Neill, John A. (1837-1892); Shea, John G.
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861). Engraved by John A. O'Neill. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Bust-length engraving of a middle-aged man facing right, long, thin dark hair, long sideburns, mustache, beard, wearing dark military-style coat, 8 buttons, epaulets, shoulder board on each shoulder, dark collar on coat. Dark gray background over shoulders, lighter gray background around top of figure. "N. Lyon" facsimile signature below portrait. Engraved "BRIGADIER GEN. U. S. A." "Entered according to act of Congress AD 1861 by J. G. Shea, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." Under image bottom edge center: "EngD. by John A. O'Neill."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.15 W-8.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Civil War
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