Original 1866 Engraved Protrait of Admiral Andrew Hull Foote from a Brady Photograph

New York: Virtue & Yorston. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1866. Single sheet. This vintage engraving is in very good collectible condition with a small hole in the right hand margin and 3 small binder holes in the outside edge with some soiling and a stain to the outside edge as shown. Overall size is 9 by 11 and 1/2 inches with the image size with title being 9 by 6 and 1/2 inches. See Photos; This fine steel engraving was rescued from a damaged copy of part 16 of the series done right after the civil war of The War for the South by Robert Tomes . All of the small faults would be covered by matting and framing the excellent engraving of this Famous Naval Officer. Andrew Hull Foote (September 12, 1806 – June 26, 1863) was an American naval officer who was noted for his service in the American Civil War and also for his contributions to several naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war came, he was appointed to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla, predecessor of the Mississippi River Squadron. In that position, he led the gunboats in the Battle of Fort Henry. For his services with the Western Gunboat Flotilla, Foote was among the first naval officers to be promoted to the then-new rank of rear admiral. .