Major General Steuben
Date1857
Geography
Published -
United States
Medium/TechniqueInk on paper; lithograph, line engraving.
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 16 3/4 in. x 13 15/16 in. (42.55 cm x 35.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Nathaniel Norris Halsted, Vice Regent for New Jersey, 1883
Object numberM-1258
DescriptionThis print is a bust portrait of Baron Stueben, the Prussian-American general who served for the American Army during the War of Independance. 1857
SignedThere is a lithograph facsimile signature, "Steuben, Maj. General", below the portrait image.
MarkingsPrinted below the bottom-right side of the image: "K. Huber Sct.".
Printed in ink below the image, centered: "Steuben / Maj. General / Omnia reliquit servare, rempublicam. / Motto of the Cincinnati / Published by L.W. Schmidt. 191 William St. New York".
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1858
c. 1855
1812-1813