"The United States." General Robert Cumming Schenck.

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• ARTIST: Carlo Pellegrini

• PUBLISHER: Vincent Brooks Day & Son. Lith.

• MEDIUM: Chromolithograph,

  DATE: Jan. 23, 1875.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 1/4 x 7 3/8" (312 x 188 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: Robert Cumming Schenck (October 4, 1809 – March 23, 1890) was a Union Army general during the American Civil War and later a U.S. diplomatic representative to both Brazil and the United Kingdom. He fought in the First and Second Battles of Bull Run, participated in Jackson’s 1862 Valley Campaign, and saw action at the Battle of Cross Keys. Schenck also served two separate multi-term periods in the U.S. House of Representatives.<BR><BR>His eldest brother, James Findlay Schenck, was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. From 1871 to 1876, Schenck served as U.S. Minister to Britain under President Ulysses S. Grant.

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• CONDITION: Very good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Vanity Fair