Engraving
- Title:
- Lewis Cass
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0196
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Lewis Cass (1782-1866). Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887), 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. II. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862), facing page 355. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of older man with black hair, white collar, black tie, striped vest, black coat and trousers, standing facing right with right hand in vest; column and carpet in background with small table with books on right of man. "Lewis Cass" facsimile of signature; "From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers / Johnson, Fry & Co., New York / Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1862 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the Clerks office of the district court for the southern district of N. York" printed beneath portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Cass, Lewis, Senators (U.S.), Democrat, Ambassadors
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