HUGH CHARLES McBARRON AMERICAN SOLDIERS SERIES SET 1800's
Set of Five - Hugh Charles McBarron, Jr, Facsimile signed prints (1975), from the American Soldier series for sale.
The prints are in a professional matted metal frame (10” x 14”), black color, with glassed front, and sealed on the back. The frames are ready for mounting.
Each picture has a rear description of each soldier, their duties and life in the Army, why the uniforms were worn, and a description on the uniforms used.
This comes from part of the Fifty Illustrations set available, titled The American Soldier: 1775 to the Present; Published by the US Government Printing Office, Washington DC
Included:
American Soldier series, 1836, 1847, 1855, 1863, 1880,
1836 Ordinance Sergeant, Dragoon Officer (Fort Leavenworth). Enlisted Men, First
Dragoons, Campaign Dress
1847 Dragoon, Infantry Officer, Campaign Dress, Infantry Column, Campaign Dress
1855 Light Artillery Sergeant, Quartermaster Officer, Light Artillery Battery Advancing
1863 Calvary Sergeant, Ordinance Sergeant, Wagon Trains
1880 Signal Corps Sergeant, Calvary Officer. New Mexico. Cavalryman on Parade.
The framed prints are used slightly, and in excellent overall shape and condition.
What a great way to see what they wore, and what relics are from each period, and what you are looking for in your historical collections.
Add these rare prints to your collection today.
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Background:
Hugh Charles McBarron, Jr. (1902-1992) was born in Chicago in 1902. He began drawing at a young age and enrolled in Saturday morning art classes at the Art Institute of Chicago. Upon graduation from high school, he attended the Art Institute of Chicago and graduated from there in 1925. After graduation, he began a career as an artist-illustrator, working for a variety of publications including Sears and Roebuck and Montgomery Ward.
A student of history, McBarron became deeply interested in uniforms, especially those from the oft neglected periods of the Mexican War and the War of 1812. It was through his work in the 1930's for the Infantry Journal that he met fellow historians COL Frederick Todd and Detmar Finke. He would later help them to found the Company of Military Historians in 1949.
His military artwork includes contributions to the United States Army's "Army in Action" series, 155 plates in the "Military Uniforms of America" series, his "American Soldier" series, and other artwork for the Company of Military Historians.
The Pritzker Military Library has on display through August 2006 an exhibit entitled "The Art of Persuasion" that includes his original oil on canvas entitled The Doughboy.
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