| Creator |
Perine, George Edward, 1837-1885 engraver. |
| Contributor |
Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872, publisher. |
| Title |
Maj. Gen. Benj. F. Butler [graphic] / G.E. Perine Sc. |
| Publisher |
New York : G.P. Putnam |
| Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1865 |
| Date |
[ca. 1865] |
| Physical Description |
1 print : steel engraving ; sheet 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 in.) |
| Description |
Bust-length portrait of the Massachusetts governor, abolitionist legislator, and Civil War Major General. Butler, attired
in military uniform, faces slightly left. Butler, while commander of Fort Monroe, Virginia declared freedom seekers as "contraband
of war," providing the impetus for Congress to enact the Confiscation Act of 1861.
|
| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date based on presented age of the sitter. |
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Printed below image: Your obedient servant, Benj. F. Butler. |
|
During the Civil War, the U.S. government declared African American freedom seekers as "contraband of war." |
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Putnam operated his own publishing business between 1857 and 1867. |
|
Accessioned 1982. |
|
Description revised 2021. |
|
Access points revised 2021. |
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Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom
Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
|
| Subject |
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1820-1870 -- Portraits. |
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Abolitionists -- United States. |
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Generals -- American. |
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Governors -- Massachusetts. |
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Legislators -- Massachusetts. |
| Geographic subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military personnel. |
| Genre |
Engravings -- 1860-1870. |
|
Portrait prints -- 1860-1870. |
| Printer |
Putnam, George Palmer, 1814-1872, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait Prints-B [P.8911.63] |
| Accession number |
P.8911.63 |
