Portrait of Major-General John E. Wool
Stephen William Shaw · American
Date: dated 1856 or 1858
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 42 1/4 x 351/4 in. (107.3 x 89.5 cm)
Classification: Portraits
Culture: American
Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2009
Date range
1856 – 1858
Largest dimension
89.5 cm
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