Engraving

Title:

The Right Reverend Philander Chase

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

1916.020

Creator:

Turner, Charles (1773-1857); Strutt, J. G.

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

1824

Description:

Engraving. The Right Reverend Philander Chase, engraved by Charles Turner (1773-1857), after J. G. Strutt, published by J.G. Strutt, 1824. Ink on paper on strainer. Half-length portrait of a man; facing slightly right. Sitter has short hair, wavy at sides, and a full face. Wearing a buttoned black coat and white cravat. Left arm resting on large book; holding a booklet in left hand: "APPEAL / ON BEHALF OF / [TH]E DIOCESE OF OHIO / IN / THE WESTERN TERRITORY". The sitter's right hand resting on left wrist. Printed below image: "Engraved by C. Turner from a Painting by J. G. Strutt, presented to the Theological Seminary in the Diocese of Ohio, by the Contributor in England to the aid Seminary - 1824." Title below: "THE RIGHT REVEREND PHILANDER CHASE, D.D. / Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the State of Ohio / London Publish'd Aug. 1st [superscript "st"] 1824, by J. G. Strutt, Percy Street Rathbone Place." Paper label on print reverse: "Repository of Arts, / 94, MARKET STREET, MANCHESTER. / ZANETTI & AGNEW, / CARVERS, GILDERS, / LOOKING-GLASS & PICTURE-FRAME / MANUFACTURERS / OPTICIANS, / ANCIENT AND MODERN PRINTSELLERS, PUBLISHERS, / Dealers in Old and New China, / COINS, MEDALS, / AND ALL KINDS OF CURIOSITIES, / Mathematical Instruments, / TELESCOPES, / SPECTACLES, / SUPERFINE COLOURS, DRAWING PAPERS, / With every requisite for Artists. / BAROMETER THERMOMETER, HYDROMETER / AND / SACCHAROMETER MAKERS, &c. &c. / ANCIENT AND MODERN / PAINTINGS / BOUGHT, SOLD, AND EXCHANGED. / Henry Smith, Printer." Old NHHS accession label on reverse. Veneered flat-profile wood frame; painted black at sides; glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14 W-10 inches

Provenance:

Philander Chase was born in Cornish, NH, in 1775, attended Dartmouth College, and died in 1852.

Credit Line:

Gift of Harriett Chase Atwater

People:

Chase, Philander (1775-1852)

Subjects:

Chase, Philander, Episcopal churches, Religion, Religious goods, Westward expansion, Westward movement