Engraving
- Title:
- Gen. Franklin Pierce
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 1942.019.11
- Creator:
- Ormsby, Waterman L. (1809-1883)
Engraver - Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Gen. Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), by Waterman L. Ormsby (1809-1883), 1852. General Franklin Pierce on a white horse holding a folding telescope in right hand. Wearing a dark uniform jacket with tails and high collar, epaulets with thick braid, sash around waist, white pants, knee-high black boots. Saddle on horse, fringed blanket with a star, a shield with stars and stripes on breast collar. Mexican War battle scene in background with Chapultepec castle on left and Popocatépetl volcano and cityscape on right. Below image: "DESIGNED & ENGRAVED ON STEEL, BY W. L. ORMBSY. N.Y. / [following inside a shield: ENTERED ACCORDING / TO ACT OF CONGRESS / IN THE YEAR 1852 BY / W. L. ORMBSY. IN ... / CLERKS OFFICE OF / THE DISTRICT COURT / OF THE SOUTHERN / DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. ] / GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE. / PUBLISHED BY W. L. ORMSBY 12 VESEY ST. N.Y." Tape label with typed inscription on frame reverse: "Loan for 1942 / from M.H. Jewell". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-24.5 W-17.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869), Ormsby, Waterman L. (1809-1883), Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
- Subjects:
- Mexican-American War
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