The defenders of our union

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Year:: 1861
Contributor:: L. Prang & Co. (publisher)
Genre:: lithographs
Subject:: Scott, Winfield > 1786-1866 > Portraits; Welles, Gideon > 1802-1878 > Portraits; Holt, Joseph > 1807-1894 > Portraits; Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss > 1816-1894 > Portraits; Butler, William > 1797-1876 > Portraits; Meagher, Thomas Francis > 1823-1867 > Portraits; Anderson, Robert > 1805-1871 > Portraits; Blair, Francis Preston > 1791-1876 > Portraits; Sprague, William > 1830-1915 > Portraits
Local ID:: D283
Extent:: 1 lithograph; 35 x 28 cm.

Abstract:: Central bust portrait of Winfield Scott set in an oval surrounded by eight bust-length portraits. The number 2 is printed beneath Scott's name. Included are: Welles, Holt, Banks, Butler, Meagher, Anderson, F.P. Blair, Sprague.
Notes:: Spandrels of decorative scrollwork and shields and a single line border outline the image

"The defenders of our union" (1861). Lincoln Graphics. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:70144/

Lincoln Graphics

Prints in the Lincoln collection are classified by Meserve numbers, and include most of the known photographic images of Lincoln, along with engravings and popular prints by, among other firms, Currier & Ives and Kurz & Allen. There are also …
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