William Starke Rosecrans
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Museum of American History; transfer from the Veterans Administration Center, Dayton, OH, 1957
Accession Number
NPG.71.22
Tags
About this artwork
Veteransâ Administration, Dayton, Ohio; transferred 1956 to Smithsonian, division of Military History as part of collection of military artifacts; accessioned 1957 Armed Forces History; transferred to NPG 1971.
Art Historical Context
This striking 1868 portrait by Samuel Woodson Price captures Starke Rosecrans a prominent Union Army Major General during Civil War. Painted just three years after the war end, it depicts Rosecrans with his signature beard and mustache, embodying the dignified resolve of a battle-tested leader. Price, a 19th-century American artist known for his meticulous portraiture, renders the general in a style that highlights military bearing and personal gravitas, typical of postwar commemorative works that honored Union heroes. Rosecrans rose to fame commanding the Army of the Cumberland, leading key ...