1861-1865
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Photograph
Title: In dress uniform, seated 1/2 length portrait
Imprint on recto "Lieut Gen Winfield Scott. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862 by Chas. D. Fredricks & Co., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." Graphite inscription on verso "40" "*MOMA 94.611" "94.611." Photographers imprint on verso: "This picture of Lieut Gen Winfield Scott was made at West Point, N.Y., June 10, 1862. The subscribers claim that, for correctness of portraiture, finish and detail, it is pre-eminently the best portrait of the Great American Military Chieftan. Chas D Fredricks &…
GLC05111.02.0694