Iroquois Picture Writing

Item MSC-70

Description

8 x 10 print by Captain Seth Eastman of an "Iroquois Picture Writing." Print is marked as plate #73 and was originally drawn by Eastman in 1857. During the Civil War Eastman served as a recruiting officer in New England, the 1st Commander of Elmira prisoner of war camp and as Military Governor for Cincinnati, OH. He retired as a Breveted Brigadier General.