Engraving
- Title:
- Saml. Adams
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0021
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Samuel Adams (1722-1803). Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). 1862. Engraved by Johnson, Fry and Co. Publishers. From Evert A. Duyckinck, National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc...Vol. I. (New York: Johnson, Fry Company, 1862), facing page 39. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of old man with gray hair, white cravat, black frock coat and waistcoat, black breeches and stockings, leaning against white chair and on cane, black trifold hat on chair, book and Sons of Liberty poster on desk in rear, facing right, gray background. "Sam Adams" facsimile signature; "From the original Picture by Chappel, in possession of the Publishers"; "Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers, New York"; Entered according to act of Congress, A.D. 1862, by Johnson, Fry Co. in the clerks office of the district court of he southern district of New York" printed beneath portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Adams, Samuel, Statesmen, Politicians, Revolutionaries, American Revolution
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