Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Major Genl. Winfield Scott. of the United States Army.
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Accession number:
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03897
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Record number:
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03897-8
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JCB call number:
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D816 T483
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Image title:
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Major Genl. Winfield Scott. of the United States Army.
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Creator 1:
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Wood
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Creator 1 role:
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pinxt.
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Creator 2:
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David Edwin
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Creator 2 dates:
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1776-1841
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Creator 2 role:
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sc.
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Place image published:
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[Philadelphia]
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Image publisher:
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[Thomas Desilver]
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Image date:
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[1816]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 276
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Technique:
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stipple engraving
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Image dimension height:
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9.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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8 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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17.2 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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10.3 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Portrait of Major General Winfield Scott in military attire.
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Source creator:
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Thomson, John Lewis
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Source Title:
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Historical sketches of the late war, between the United States and Great Britain ...
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Source place of publication:
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Philadelphia
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Source publisher:
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Published by Thomas Desilver. Also by M. Carey and A. Small ...
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Source date:
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1816
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notes:
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Scott, who served in the U.S. Army for fifty years, gained greater renown in the Mexican war of 1846 and was appointed lieutenant general in 1852, the first officer to be so appointed since George Washington.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1870.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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North America
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Subject Area:
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Portraits
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Subject headings:
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United States--History--War of 1812
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Subject headings:
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Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
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