Engraving

Title:

Lafayette

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0634

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1863

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834). 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 315. Steel engraving printed on paper. Full length portrait of a seated young man with a white wig, white collar and cravat, dress military uniform with a light waistcoat, jacket with shoulder decorations, and medal, light britches and knee length boots with spurs, sword on the left side facing left. His right hand is holding a paper and his left hand rests on his leg. The background consists of a round table with an ink well and book on his left and a drum with a hat on top, flag on the right and one glove on a carpet. "Painted by Alonzo Chappel", "Lafayette" facsimile of signature, "From an authentic painting in the possession of the publisher", "Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York.", Entered according to act of Congress AD1863 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York." printed beneath the portrait. On the reverse in red pencil "89" enclosed in a circle.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.9 W-8.1 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Lafayette, Marquis de (1757-1834), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

Lafayette, Marquis de