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Artist
Currier & Ives Lithography Company, active 1857 - 1907
Sitter
Joseph Eggleston Johnston, 3 Feb 1807 - 21 Mar 1891
William Tecumseh Sherman, 8 Feb 1820 - 14 Feb 1891
Date
1865
Type
Print
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.8 x 31.9 cm (8 3/16 x 12 9/16")
Sheet: 34.4 x 43.9 cm (13 9/16 x 17 5/16")
Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16")
Topic
Weapon\Sword
Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Exterior\Military Camp
Human Figures\Soldier
Costume\Dress Accessory\Button\Brass
Joseph Eggleston Johnston: Male
Joseph Eggleston Johnston: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
William Tecumseh Sherman: Male
William Tecumseh Sherman: Law and Crime\Lawyer
William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War
William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\General
William Tecumseh Sherman: Business and Finance\Banking and Finance\Banker
William Tecumseh Sherman: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution