Otto Walter Beck (American 1864-1954)
Fisher of New York Volunteer Infantry, Duryee's Zouaves, "The Fighting Fifth"
Pastel on Paper Mounted on Board, 1913
Signed and Dated by the artist.
Image Size: 24" x 20"

In the early 1900s, Beck began painting a series of life-sized portraits of men who served in the American Civil War. This pastel was made as part of that series, and eventually became part of the collection of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American Art. These pastels are considered among the most important art memorials of the Civil War.