Print, Photographic
- Title:
- Benjamin F. Butler
- Object Name:
- Print, Photographic
- Object ID:
- 1995.572.05
- Creator:
- Unknown
Artist ; UnknownPhotographer - Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Photograph of Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893), by unknown artist, after portrait by unknown artist, c. 1890. Ink on paper on paperboard. Three-quarter length portrait of a man seated; facing slightly right. He is bald with white hair at sides and a white mustache. Wearing a black coat, black waistcoat with fob, white shirt, black tie, and black trousers; flower on sitter's left lapel; wearing one ring on each hand. Book on table at right. Handwritten inscription lower right, in ink: "Compliments / of / Benj. F. Butler / Mass." Frame maker's label on reverse: "E.R. COBURN & CO. / DEALERS IN / Bland Books, Picture Frames, Etc." Wood frame with low-relief pyramidal center molding, and silver floral interior; glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-20.1 W-16 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collections
- People:
- Butler, Benjamin F. (1818-1893)
- Subjects:
- Butler, Benjamin, Governors, Civil War, Lawyers, Congressmen (U.S.), Politicians, Generals
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