Lithograph
- Title:
- John P. Hale. / The Champion of Liberty and Free Soil
- Object Name:
- Lithograph
- Object ID:
- 1975.032
- Creator:
- Paige Beach; Kellogg, E.B. E.C. (est. 1842)
- Place of Origin:
- New York or Hartford, Connecticut
- Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- Hand-colored lithograph, John P. Hale. The Champion of Liberty and Free Soil, lithographed by Kellogg Comstock (est. 1842), after a daguerreotype by Paige Beach, 1852. Ink and watercolor on paper. Half-length portrait of John P. Hale (1806-1873); facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Black hair parted at side; wearing a black coat, black vest, and black cravat tied in a long tie. Seated with Hale's left arm resting on table covered with red cloth; sheets of paper on table. Green curtain tied back with yellow cord on right side of picture. Portrait surrounded by double border with rounded upper corners. Printed below image: "KELLOGG COMSTOCK, 150 FULTON ST. N.Y. 136 MAIN ST. HARTFORD, CONN. From a Daguerreotype by Paige Beach, Washington, D.C. D NEEDHAM 12 EXCHANGE ST. BUFFALO / JOHN P. HALE. / THE CHAMPION OF LIBERTY AND FREE SOIL". Matted. Modern thin profile black plastic frame; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14 W-10 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Herschel B. Burt
- People:
- Hale, John Parker (1806-1873)
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