Ogden, H. A. Plate 30 “Offices & Enlisted Men-Cavalry-Artillery-Infantry [full dress] 1872-1881”

H. A. Ogden.  Plate 30.  “Offices & Enlisted Men-Cavalry-Artillery-Infantry [full dress].  1872-1881.” 

From Uniforms of the United States Army, 1774-1889.  New York: B. M. Whitlock, ca. 1890.  13 x 11 ½ (image).  Chromolithograph.  Very good condition.     

Born in Philadelphia, Ogden received his initial instruction in art at the Brooklyn Institute and the Brooklyn Academy of Design.  He worked for Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper that allowed him to travel extensively around the United States and Europe. In 1881 he became a free lance artist, with an interest in history, which led him to record the uniforms of  the United States Army.