Confederate Chieftains - Rare Original - Framed For Governor - Civil War - 1864

ART - Information in smaller text below is from Library of Congress. This is often being reprinted and faked. This is 100% guaranteed to be the original 1864 issued work sent to members of the government it hung in the homes and/or offices of nearly every Southern Governor, Senator and President. There is a matching  Union Officers version in a light colored matting. AGAIN - THESE ARE FREQUENTLY FORGERIES BEING SOLD AS ORIGINAL.

Head-and-shoulders portraits, in ovals, of Judah P. Benjamin, Henry A. Wise, R. Barnwell Rhett, Alexander H. Stephens, James M. Mason, Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, John Slidell, William L. Yancey, Robert Toombs, and Isham C. Harris.

Title

• Confederate chieftains / Engd. by J.C. Buttre, New York.

Summary

• Head-and-shoulders portraits, in ovals, of Judah P. Benjamin, Henry A. Wise, R. Barnwell Rhett, Alexander H. Stephens, James M. Mason, Jefferson Davis, John B. Floyd, John Slidell, William L. Yancey, Robert Toombs, and Isham C. Harris.

Names

• Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, engraver

Created / Published

• c1864.

Headings

• -  Davis, Jefferson,--1808-1889
• -  Benjamin, J. P.--(Judah Philip),--1811-1884
• -  Wise, Henry A.--(Henry Alexander),--1806-1876

Headings

• Engravings--1860-1870.
• Group portraits--1860-1870.
• Portrait prints--1860-1870.

Genre

• Portrait prints--1860-1870
• Group portraits--1860-1870
• Engravings--1860-1870

Notes

• -  Copyright by O.D. Case & Co.

Medium

• 1 print : engraving.

Call Number/Physical Location

• LOT 4421-A [P&P;]

Digital Id

• cph 3c11515 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c11515

Library of Congress Control Number

• 94509430

Reproduction Number

• LC-USZ62-111515 (b&w film copy neg.)