Painting [realia] : Ellen Ewing Sherman. 1865-1870.

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Painting [realia] : Ellen Ewing Sherman. 1865-1870.

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Watercolor portrait of Ellen Ewing Sherman, the wife of William T. Sherman, dates from 1865-1870. Done by George Peter Alexander Healey, the watercolor was a study for an oil portrait that now hangs in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. The painting is framed under glass.

1 item ; 38.1 cm x 55.9 cm.

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7519658

Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society

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Healey, George Peter Alexander, 1813-1894

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William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was born in Lancaster, Ohio. Orphaned at age nine, he was raised by Thomas Ewing, a U.S. senator who also served as secretary of the treasury and secretary of the interior. Sherman graduated sixth in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He served in the Mexican War, but left the army in 1853. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Sherman accepted a position as a colonel in the regular army. Sherman became well known for his tactics of ...

Sherman, Ellen Ewing, 1824-1888

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Wife of General William T. Sherman. From the description of Letters, 1862. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 54801935 Ellen Ewing Sherman, wife of William Tecumseh Sherman and daughter of Thomas Ewing (1789-1871), senator from Ohio. From the description of Correspondence of Ellen Ewing Sherman, 1840-1863 (1850-1859). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122565171 ...