Engraving
- Title:
- Fisher Ames
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0035
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1864
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Fisher Ames (1758-1808). Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). 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 204. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full length seated portrait of a middle-aged man, white collar and cravat, black coat and breeches, black stockings and shoes, gray hair, facing left, elegantly furnished study as background. "Fisher Adams" facsimile 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. 1864 by Johnson, Fry Co. in the clerks office of the district for the southern district of N.Y." printed beneath portrait. "25" written in pencil in lower right corner.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-7.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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