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Major General Henry Wager Halleck

Alexander Hay Ritchie (American, 1822-1895) (Painter)
ca. 1865
watercolor on ivory
(18th and 19th Centuries )

In 1862, President Lincoln appointed Halleck "general-in-chief of all U.S. land forces"-the liaison between the president and the forces in the field. Acquaintances recalled Halleck as "a regimental clerk with the personality of a cold muffin." Ritchie, a Scottish-born artist, was known chiefly for his prints.

Inscription

[Signed] Right: A.H. Ritchie; [Inscription] On back of frame: General Halleck / Of the Civil War / Painted on ivory / A. Ritchie / About 1865

Provenance
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Jacob A. Rosenfield, Chicago [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.

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6/24/1964 Treatment other
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USA (Place of Origin)

Measurements

Overall (excluding frame) H: 3 3/8 × W: 2 9/16 in. (8.6 × 6.5 cm)
Framed H: 5 13/16 × W: 4 13/16 × D: 13/16 in. (14.7 × 12.3 × 2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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38.489

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