Lithograph

Title:

Franklin Pierce Fourteenth President of the United States

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

2004.002

Creator:

Dunlap, Thomas (1822-1892)Photographer; Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888)Lithographer

Place of Origin:

New York, NY

Date:

1852

Description:

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Franklin Pierce Fourteenth President of the United States, by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888), Made from a daguerreotype attributed to Thomas Dunlap (1822-1892), Manchester, NH; 1852. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly right, head toward viewer. Pierce (1804-1869) is wearing a black coat, vest and stock and a white shirt with a high collar. His hair is slightly grayish at the temples; blue eyes, seated in front of a red curtain with yellow cord and tassel. Curtain partially raised on right side revealing bottom of pillar and window sill. Thin single lined border around rectangular print. Text below image: "LITH. & PUBY. N. CURRIER, [mixed italics] Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1852 by N. CURRIER in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y. 152 NASSAU ST. N.Y. / FRANKLIN PIERCE, / Fourteenth President of the United States. / [some missing] FROM A DAGUERREOTYPE BY [T.] DUNLAP". Matted. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.8 W-12 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869), Dunlap, Thomas (1822-1892), Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888)