Engraving
- Title:
- J. Fenimore Cooper
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0271
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851). 1861. Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). Published 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. II. (New York: Johnson, Fry Company, 1862). facing page 199. Steel engraving printed on paper. Full length portrait of a man seated in a chair holding a paper in his left hand with his right hand on the back of the chair. The middle age man has thinning hair combed back, dark coat , white shirt, scarf at neck, vest, tweed pants, and slippers. He is seated in a drawing room. "J. Fenimore Cooper" facsimile of signature printed beneath the portrait. Below this is written "From the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the publisher. / 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 court, southern district of NY.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Cooper, James Fenimore
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