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Artist
Ehrgott & Forbriger Lithography Company, active 1856 - 1869
Sitter
Ambrose Everett Burnside, 23 May 1824 - 13 Sep 1881
Date
c. 1862-64
Type
Print
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 27.7 × 24.7 cm (10 7/8 × 9 3/4")
Sheet: 43 × 29 cm (16 15/16 × 11 7/16")
Book closed: 43.5 × 31.5 × 1.5 cm (17 1/8 × 12 3/8 × 9/16")
Book open: 43.5 × 59 × 1.5 cm (17 1/8 × 23 1/4 × 9/16")
Topic
Costume\Headgear\Military
Exterior\Landscape\Battleground
Nature & Environment\Animal\Horse
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Costume\Outerwear\Cape
Portfolio
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Male
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Business executive\Railroad executive
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Union Army
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\US Senator\Rhode Island
Ambrose Everett Burnside: Politics and Government\Governor\Rhode Island
Portrait
Place
United States\Ohio\Hamilton\Cincinnati
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution