Engraving
- Title:
- Benj. Franklin
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0408
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). 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. I. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862). facing page 9. Engraving, printed on paper. Full length portrait of an old man sitting in a chair with white hair, glasses, white collar, ruffled shirt, vest, coat, pants, buckle shoes, hat by his feet, and walking stick across his lap, holding papers, facing right; gray background. " Benja. Franklin / From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. / Entered according to the act of Congress A.D. 1863 by Johnson Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y." facsimile of signature, printed beneath portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Franklin, Benjamin
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