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Lieutenant General Winfield Scott

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probably 1860s

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Title: Lieutenant General Winfield Scott

Engraver: Henry Bryan Hall (American (born England), London 1808–1884 Morrisania, Bronx, New York)

Engraver: or Henry Bryan Hall, Jr. (American (born England), London 1839–1913 New York)

Photographer: After Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)

Sitter: General Winfield Scott (American, Petersburg, Virginia 1786–1866 West Point, New York)

Date: probably 1860s

Medium: Steel engraving after a daguerreotype

Dimensions: sheet: 9 3/4 x 6 9/16 in. (24.7 x 16.7 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Gift of Alfred Launder, 1942

Accession Number: 42.34.37

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The United States and Canada, 1800-1900 A.D.

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