Engraving

Title:

Thomas H. Benton

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0115

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1862

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Thomas Hart Benton (1782-1858). Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887), 1862. Published 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. II. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862) facing page 190. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of an older man with white hair, white collar, black bow-tie, monocle hanging on chest, black jacket and trousers, holding papers in right hand, left hand on book, leaning against chair, head turned left; background is checkerboard floor and stone column in background. "Thomas H. Benton" 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. 1862 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-10.8 W-8.2 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Benton, Thomas Hart (1782-1858), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

Benton, Thomas Hart, Senators (U.S.), Congressmen (U.S.), Westward expansion