Lithograph

Title:

Rev. E. M. Tappan

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

1954.027.08

Creator:

Fabronius, Dominique C.; Holland, Thomas R. (fl. 1839-1860s)Engineer; Elliot & White (1859-1864)

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Lithograph, Rev. Edmund M. Tappan (1824-1860), drawn by Dominique C. Fabronius, printed by Thomas R. Holland (fl. 1839-1865), published by Elliot & White (1859-1864), c. 1860. Ink on paper. Bust-length portrait of a Edmund March Tappan, facing slightly right. Oval-shaped portrait on vertical rectangle paper. Subject has longish dark hair and a medium length beard; wearing a black coat, black waistcoat, white shirt with high collar, and tied cravat. Printed under image, lower left: Drawn on stone by / D.C. FABRONIUS." Center, facsimile of signature: "E.M. Tappan". Lower right: "Printed by T.R. HOLLAND." Printed lower center margin, below oval: "REV. E.M.TAPPAN. / Published by ELLIOT & WHITE. 322 Washington St. Boston." Paper label on backing board with hand-written black ink inscription: "Rev. Edmund March Tappan, / son of Jonathan Tappan (x1), / was born in Sandwich, N.H. / September 3d [superscript "d"] 1824. Died in / Lawrence, Mass December 12 / 1864. / [in blue ink] 9/8/54". Wood frame with vine and leaf decoration with silver patina on exterior; gilded beaded trim interior; glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-19.8 W-15 inches

Provenance:

Rev. Edmund March Tappan was born in 1824 in Sandwich, NH, son of Jonathan Tappan and brother of Rev. Charles Langdon Tappan, NHHS librarian. Edmund attended Smithville Seminary in North Scituate, RI, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1852. He was pastor of the Free Baptist Church in Waterford, MA, 1853-1857, and in Lawrence, MA, 1857-1860. He married Lucretia Logee in 1849 and had one daughter, Eva March Tappan (b. 1854), a writer who gave funds and the Tappan Library to NHHS in memory of her uncle, Rev. Charles L. Tappan. Edmund Tappan died in Lawrence, MA, on December 12, 1860.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary Wallace Burleigh Sanborn

People:

Tappan, Edmund, Elliot & White (1859-1864), Fabronius, Dominique C., Holland, Thomas R.

Subjects:

Tappan, Edmund