Engraving

Title:

Washington Allston

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0031

Creator:

Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1862

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Washington Allston (1779-1843). 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... Vol. I. (New York: Johnson, Fry Company, 1862), facing page 458. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Engraved from original painting "Portrait of Washington Allston (1779-1843)" by Alonzo Chappel. Full-length portrait of seated man with long white or light colored hair and sideburns, white collar shirt and bow-tie, black jacket and trousers, head turned left, holding portfolio in lap. Left leg on tool with palette and brush, easel and canvas on right, nude female bust on table on left. Dark wall background. "Washington Allston." facsimile of signature; "From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers"; "Johnson, Fry, Co. Publishers, New York"; "Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1863 by Johnson, Fry Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y." printed beneath portrait.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.9 W-8.1 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Allston, Washington (1779-1843), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

Romanticism, Portraits, Artists, Poets