Engraving
- Title:
- DeWitt Clinton
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0253
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1861
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828). Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887), 1861. 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 55. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length seated portrait of a young man with dark hair, white collar and tie, black coat, arm resting on pile of books, facing left, gray background. "DeWitt Clinton" 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. 1861 by Johnson, Fry Co. in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of New York" printed beneath portrait. "2 1/8 = 1223"; "78" written in pencil above portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Clinton, DeWitt, Politicians, Governors, Mayors, New York, Erie Canal
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