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Union Army Promotion Certificate for Hiram Schofield
1862
Medium/Technique
Engraving on vellum
Dimensions
Sheet: 44.1 x 34.9 cm (17 3/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number1976.702
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionCertificate recording the promotiion of Hiram Schofield to Assistant Adjutant General. Engraved text ornamented with eagle, flag, armor, ornaments of war. From Civil War scrapbook.
Signed
In plate, at lower right: Engraved by J. V. N. and O. H. Throop Washn. City
InscriptionsIn pen and red ink, upper left: Recorded. Volume 17. Page 80. Adjutant General's Office, June 11, 1862. Sgd. L. Thomas Adj. Gen'l
In plate, at lower right: Engraved by J. V. N. and O. H. Throop Washn. City
In plate, at lower right: Engraved by J. V. N. and O. H. Throop Washn. City
ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport; to MFA October 13, 1976