Engraving
- Title:
- John Hancock
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0508
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of John Hancock (1737-1793). 1862. Painting 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 92.Engraving, printed on paper. Full length portrait of a man sitting in a chair with a white whig, white collar, robe, pants, stockings, slippers, feet on footrest, a book in his lap, facing right; gray background. "John Hancock / From the original Picture by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers. / Johnson, Fry Co. Publishers, New York. / Entered according to act of Congress AD 1862, by Johnson, Fry Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York. " facsimile of signature, printed beneath portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Hancock, John
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