Collection of six art prints from the original portrait photographs by Oliver H. Willard, made in 1866 for the Quartermaster General. The six Union Army uniforms presented in this set are: Cavalry Quartermaster Sergeant; Infantry Private; Artillery Musician; Light Artillery Quartermaster Sergeant; Artillery Sergeant Major; and Fatigue Marching Order. Each print is professionally matted and framed under glass. There is an inscription of the corresponding army rank under each portrait.
Measurements of each artwork:
Dimensions with frame: 11" x 9" (28 x 23 cm).
Dimensions of portrait inside the frame: 7" x 5" (18 x 12.5 cm).
Frame's depth: 0.75" (2 cm).
The original photographs were commissioned in 1866 by Montgomery Meigs, Quartermaster General of the U.S. Army. Known as 'the army behind the army,' the Quartermaster Corps is the army’s oldest logistical branch. It is charged with clothing, transporting, and sustaining large field armies far away from their base camps. Meigs understood the historical value of permanently recording the clothing and personal accouterments worn by soldiers and officers during the war. Oliver H. Willard's original photographs are kept at The Met Museum in New York and at the Quartermaster Museum in Fort Lee, Virginia.
