Engraving

Title:

Rufus King

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0620

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1864

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Rufus King (1755-1827). Engraved 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 349. Steel engraving printed on paper. Portrait of a seated man with dark curled hair, white neck cloth and black, buttoned coat, body turned left and head facing front. On the table in front of him are writing implements and he is in the act of writing with a quill pen on a sheet of paper. The table is covered with a flower patterned cloth. The chair in which he is seated is an arm chair and his left arm is resting on the arm. The floor is covered with a flower patterned rug. From left to right in the background there is millwork around a door, a wall with fabric hanging from above and draped over a screen which is behind the man's figure. "Rufus King" facsimile of signature is printed beneath portrait and successive lines below the signature read: "From the original painting in the possession of the Publishers. / Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers, New York / Entered according to act of Congress A. D. 1864 by Johnson Fry & Co. in the clerks office in the district court for the southern district of N.Y.".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.8 W-8.2 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

King, Rufus (1755-1827), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

King, Rufus