Engraving
- Title:
- Rufus Choate
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0229
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Rufus Choate (1799-1895). 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 253. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full length portrait of older man with dark hair, white collar, black bow-tie, black coat and trousers, seated in chair in front of fireplace and next to table with books, head turned facing forward. "Rufus Choate" 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. 1861 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court, for the southern districts of N. York" printed beneath portrait. "Rufus Choate" written in pencil on back.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-7.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Choate, Rufus, Senators (U.S.), Massachusetts
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