Engraving

Title:

Abbott Lawrence

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0639

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1862

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Abbott Lawrence (1792-1855). 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. II. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862). facing page 110. Steel engraving printed on paper. Full length portrait of a man sitting in a high backed arm chair with his right hand on a table and his left hand on the arm rest holding a paper. The man has light hair, high white collar, white cravat, light vest and dark three piece suit and dark shoes. The background shows a dark room with a table which has books, the chair and a large picture of an industrial town. "Painted by Alonzo Chappel" "Abbott Lawrence" facsimile of signature, "Likeness from a Photograph in the possession of the family", "Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers. New York", Entered according to act of Congress AD1862 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York." printed beneath the portrait. In pencil at the top of the reverse, printed, " Abbott Lawrence (1792 - 1855).

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.9 W-8.2 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Lawrence, Abbott (1792-1855), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

Lawrence, Abbott