Lot 615

"The Army Of The United States" By Henry A. Ogden" VINTAGE 1959 Color Illustrated Hardcover US Army Uniforms 1775-1888

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"The Army Of The United States" By Henry A. Ogden" VINTAGE 1959 Color Illustrated Hardcover US Army Uniforms 1775-1888
"The Army Of The United States" By Henry A. Ogden" VINTAGE 1959 Color Illustrated Hardcover US Army Uniforms 1775-1888
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"The Army Of The United States" By Henry A. Ogden" VINTAGE 1959 Color Illustrated Hardcover US Army Uniforms 1775-1888

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VINTAGE 1959 Color Illustrated Hardcover US Army Uniforms 1775-1888. "The Army Of The United States Illustrated By Forty-Four Fac-Simile Plates from Water Color Drawings By Henry A. Ogden" by Nelson Loomis. HARDCOVER 1959 Thomas Yoseloff & Company Reprint Edition, unknown Printing w/ "Copyright 1959" on copyright page. Nice collectible color illustrated vintage Offset Lithograph Plates in hardcover copy. UNCOMMON US MILITARY UNIFORM TITLE WITH COLOR FULL PAGE VINTAGE OFFSET LITHOGRAPH PLATES PRINTED ON ONE SIDE & SUITABLE FOR FRAMING; ONLY TWO COPIES ON INTERNET AT TIME OF LISTING. Exactly as shown in listing scan(s).

"Explanatory unpaginated text on the history of the uniforms, followed by 44 vintage Offset Lithograph color plates, numbered I-XLIV, illustrating uniforms worn in the US Army between 1774 and 1889. Although this is a facsimile edition of the 1890 original, care has been taken in recreating the full page color plates by vintage Offset Lithograph. These plates are approximately 16 & 3/4 inches high by 12 & 1/2 inches wide including margins, printed on heavy paper on one side, & signed in the plate. They are carefully printed on heavy paper by vintage Offset Lithograph & each is suitable for framing. Henry A. Ogden was known for the beauty of his watercolor military works & this work was prepared and executed by the Quartermaster General of the United States Army, under authority of the Secretary of War."

HENRY (HARRY) ALEXANDER OGDEN, also known as H. A. Ogden, (1856–1936) was a noted American illustrator particularly of historical and military subjects. He was born in Philadelphia in 1856 but moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was quite young and it was at the Brooklyn Institute and the Brooklyn Academy of Design that he received his first training in art. At the age of 17, he began work with "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper." This allowed him to travel extensively around the United States and Europe. One visit to the American West in 1877 resulted in over 200 illustrations. In 1881 he resigned from Leslie's to set up as a free-lance artist, submitting numerous illustrations to various newspapers and magazines. A number of these were illustrations of historical scenes, and Ogden's interest in early America and the Revolutionary War led him to his most ambitious project, to record the uniforms of the United States Army. Between 1890 and 1907, various sections of Uniforms of the United States Army were published. The Quartermaster General of the army had been so impressed with Ogden's work that he commissioned the artist to prepare designs depicting the uniforms of the army since its inception in the 18th century. The first dozen watercolors were completed by the mid-1880s; these were used in the Regulations for the Uniform of the Army of the United States published in May 1888. The artist began work on seventy paintings representing uniforms worn between 1774 and 1888. Some of this work was undertaken at Fort Jay on Governor's Island off New York, and to facilitate his work, examples of uniforms were sent up from Washington, D.C. In each drawing, Ogden depicted five soldiers of different rank. For each completed plate, he received $100. Besides his work on the uniform series, Ogden was a prolific illustrator for books including "The Pageant of America." He was a member of the New York Historical Society and the Illustrators Society, and was considered one of the leading authorities on colonial costume. He lent advice to various historical pageants including the Hudson-Fulton Celebration of 1909."

Beautifully illustrated with (44) color plates by renowned 19th century military artist, Henry Alexander Ogden. Internally tight & unmarked. Binding Exterior; cloth bound volume with three small abrasions on front cover/light handling wear but lettering/decoration bright. (See scan(s). NO REMAINDER MARK; NOT X-LIBRARY. NO DJ PROBABLY AS ISSUED. ALL ITEMS ARE GUARANTEED TO BE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED, NOT DEFECTIVE, & GENUINE.

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