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Oil Painting Civil War Portrait General George Custer

£4,500    $5,624    €5,394
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1 Fine Historic American Oil Painting Military Civil War Portrait General George Custer 1863 After Benjamin Brady.
 
Impress & wow your guests & clients in your home or office with this iconic historical military portrait masterpiece.
 
Title “Portrait General George Armstrong Custer 1863 After Matthew Benjamin Brady.
 
Subject portrait of the known American civil war General George Custer in side profile facing left, wearing his navy blue Union military uniform & wearing his cavalry hat. He has his large walrus moustache & thick hair.
 
Signed by the US artist Perkins.
 
In the style of after Benjamin Brady.
 
In our opinion this is a rather exceptional portrait example of Custer.
 
Circa mid 20th century.
 
Medium oil on board.
 
Set in the traditional masculine original tiger oak frame.
 
Frame is an impressive display size being 50 cm wide and 65 cm high.
 
George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, last in his graduating class of 1861, although he finished 34th out of a starting class of 108 candidates. Nonetheless, Custer achieved a higher military rank than any other U.S. Army officer in his class.
 
Following graduation, he worked closely with future Union Army Generals George B. McClellan and Alfred Pleasonton, both of whom recognized his abilities as a cavalry leader. He was promoted in the early American Civil War (1861–1865), to brevet brigadier general of volunteers when only aged 23. Only a few days afterwards, he fought at the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania in early July 1863, where he commanded the Michigan Brigade. Despite being outnumbered, the new General Custer defeated Confederate States Army cavalry of General J. E. B. Stuart''s attack at East Cavalry Field on the crucial third day of the Gettysburg clash.
 
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Antique #SA1116031, shown on this page, originates from 1960. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
1960
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