Engraving
- Title:
- John Barry
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0081
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Commodore John Barry (1745-1803). Painted by Alonzo Chappel, 1862. Engraved by Johnson, Fry & Co. 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 293. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length seated portrait of an old man withe white hair, clad in Navy uniform, sword propped up against leg, facing right, room with cannon for background. "John Barry" 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. 1863 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Barry, John, Continental Navy, Revolutionaries
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