Major General Winfield Scott: General in Chief, United States Army

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Major General Winfield Scott: General in Chief, United States Army
Major General Winfield Scott: General in Chief, United States Army
Publisher (American, 1813 – 1888)
Datepublished 1846
MediumHand-colored lithograph
DimensionsComposition: 12 1/4 × 8 9/16 in. (31.1 × 21.7 cm) Sheet: 14 × 10 in. (35.6 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.50
Not on view
DescriptionEquestrian of portrait of Major General Winfield Scott with soldiers in the background.
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Exhibition History 1963
Utica, NY (Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum of Art, Auditorium Gallery). January 13 - February 10, 1963 (no cat.).
Provenance 1959: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Published References Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 3935
Inscribed "LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER," at lower left in typeset in black ink; "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 by N. Currier, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "33 SPRUCE ST. N.Y." at lower right in typeset in black ink; "MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT. / GENERAL IN CHIEF, UNITED STATES ARMY. / 99." at lower center in typeset in black ink; "88" at lower left in pencil.
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