Engraving
- Title:
- John Adams
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0014
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of John Adams (1735-1826). Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887),1862. Engraved by Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers. From Evert A. Duyckinck, National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc... Volume I. (New York: Johnson, Fry Company, 1862), facing page 107. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of an old man, seated at desk with books, with white hair, white cravat, white handkerchief and leggings, dark coat, dark waistcoat, and dark breeches, book in hand. "John Adams" facsimile signature printed beneath portrait. "From a Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers / "Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers, N.Y. / Entered accordingly to act of Congress AD 1862 by Johnson, Fry Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the Southern district of N.Y." printed beneath signature.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.85 W-8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Adams, John, Presidents, Politicians
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