Plates from Huddy & Duval's U.S. military magazine, 1839-1842

This collection consists of eleven plates from the U.S. Military Magazine, a periodical published from 1839 to 1842 in Philadelphia, Pa. The prints were created by Huddy & Duval, a firm of lithographers in Philadelphia. Each issue of the magazine included an illustration of a soldier wearing the uniform of one of Philadelphia's volunteer militias. There are some additional plates of military and naval subjects. Most of the images were drawn by William M. Huddy, lithographed by Alfred Hoffy, and printed by Peter S. Duval. This set of plates was collected by John S. Barnes and is part of the Naval History Society Library, now at the New-York Historical Society.