Bidspirit auction | PORTRAIT OF GEN. ANSON GEORGE

PORTRAIT OF GEN. ANSON GEORGE MCCOOK - American, late 19th-early 20th century, oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of the Ohio Civil War general in uniform. Unframed, 22” high, 18.25” wide. Anson George McCook (1835-1917) of Steubenville, Ohio, was the son of John and Catherine Julia Sheldon McCook and a member of the Fighting McCooks, an Ohio family that sent fifteen men to serve in the Civil War. During the war, he rose to the rank of brevet brigadier general, and following the war, he served as a U.S. Senator from New York. Condition: Two minor tears, including one on his nose.