Lithograph
- Title:
- Franklin Pierce 13th President of the U.S.
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1972.500
- Creator:
- Baillie, James S. (fl. 1838-1855)
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1853-1855
- Description:
- Hand-colored lithograph of Franklin Pierce 13th President of the U.S., by James S. Baillie (fl. 1838-1855), 1853. Half-length seated portrait of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) holding a paper scroll in right hand with word "COMPROMISE", part of right arm and back of chair visible. Pierce is wearing a black coat, vest, stock, and white shirt. Drapery with tasseled cord behind his head is pulled back revealing the bottom of a pillar and a window. Scene outside window in background shows a fort on top of a hill, tents and columns of soldiers at the foot of the hill. Printed above image: "308". Printed below image: "PUBD. BY JAMES BAILLIE [right side] 38TH ST. NEAR 3. AVE. N.Y. / FRANKLIN PIERCE. / 13TH [sic] President of the U.S." Handwritten in pencil the upper right corner, "7.50" On reverse in lower corner is accession # and below it in script in pencil "Carded-Prints". Matted. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-15.75 W-11.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Pierce, Franklin
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