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Engraving

Title:
Geo. Clinton
Object Name:
Engraving
Object ID:
2010.501.0254
Creator:
Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
Place of Origin:
New York City, NY
Date:
1862
Description:
Engraving. Portrait of George Clinton (1739-1812). Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887), 1862. Engraved by Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York. From Evert A. Duyckinck, National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc... Vol. I. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862), facing page 171. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of an old man with white hair, clad in Continental Army officer's garb, leaning on fortification, facing left, fort and cannon in the background. "Geo. 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. 1862 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of New York" printed beneath portrait.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-10.8 W-8.3 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Clinton, George
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