Engraving
- Title:
- Benj. F. Butler
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0181
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Benjamin F. Butler (1818-1893). 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. II. (New York: Johnson, Fry Company, 1862) facing page 423. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length seated portrait of a middle-aged man with dark hair, balding, in Union General's uniform, sword on hip, left arm resting on table, facing left. "Painted by Alonzo Chappell"; "Benj. F. Butler" facsimile signature; "Likeness from the latest Photograph from life / 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 NY" printed beneath portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Butler, Benjamin, Civil War, Yacht racing, Congressmen (U.S.), Lawyers, Generals
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