Engraving
- Title:
- Amos Lawrence
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0640
- Creator:
- Harding, Chester (1792-1866); Andrews, Joseph (1805-1873)
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Amos Lawrence (1786-1852). Engraved by Chester Harding and Joseph Andrews. Steel engraving printed on paper. 3/4 length portrait of a middle age man sitting in a chair facing left, wearing a smoking cap with a tassel hanging on his right side, longish hair sticking out under hat, sideburns, clean-
shaven, with loose-fitting smoking jacket tied at waist with decorative rope with tassel on one end, the other end out of sight. It has long sleeves, wide collar, patterned. Has vest with rectangular pattern, light-colored shirt with high collar. Pants also with decorative pattern. He is sitting in arm chair with padding, high wide back, carved wooden arms with cushions on top of arms.. His left arm is resting on something else that is undefinable. Slight amount of light gray shading over his right shoulder. Facsimile signature: "Truly Yours / Amos Lawrence". At bottom right of image diagonal line text italics: "C. Harding pinxt." "J. Andrews sc." On back in pencil "Amos Lawrence 1786-1852)". - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.4 W-5.95 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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