Engraving

Title:

M. Fillmore

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0384

Creator:

Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1862

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Millard Fillmore (1800-1874). 1862. Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). Published by Johnson, Fry Company 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 347. Engraving printed on paper. Full-length portrait of a man with white hair, white shirt, black tie and suit seated in an upholstered armchair facing left with his head turned slightly to the right. He is holding a book in his hands. The two front legs of the chair have casters. A table covered with a woven fabric on which a book is resting to his right and the back wall is carved. A draped curtain covers part of the wall on the right. There is a rug with a wide band border and floral print. "Printed by" appears just below the bottom of the print in small letters on the left with "Alonso Chappel" printed on the right. "M. Fillmore" facsimile of signature is printed beneath the portrait. Below the signature in italics is written "Likeness from an original Photograph from life / 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 N.Y."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.8 W-6.9 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887), Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874)

Subjects:

Fillmore, Millard