Engraving
- Title:
- J. Q. Adams
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0018
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887), 1861. Engraved by Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers. From Everet A. Duyckinck, National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc....Vol. II. (New York: Johnson, Fry Company, 1862), facing page 5. Full length portrait of an old man with a hand on the back of a chair, leaning against pile of books on desk, spectacles in hand, black cravat, white collar, dark frock coat, facing right, a study serves as a backdrop. "J. Q. Adams" facsimile signature; "From the Original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers"; "Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers, NY"; "Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1861 by Johnson, Fry Co. in the clerk's office of the district court for the southern district of New York." printed beneath portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.15 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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