Engraving

Title:

Abraham Lincoln

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0662

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1862

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865). 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 393. Engraved by Johnson, Fry & Co. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Seated portrait of middle-age man with dark hair and beard, white shirt and collar, dark tie, dark vest and suit, holding a book on his knee and facing right; one foot is on a torn piece of newspaper. In the background, from left to right, is a large column behind a carved table on which are two books, some paper and some dark fabric. Behind the man is large piece of drapery with a part of an arch showing behind it. To the right is a pedestal with a man's bust on it. The floor is carpeted and there is a bit of fabric showing from behind the bottom of the pedestal. "Painted by" is printed immediately below the portrait at the left with "Alonzo Chappel" printed to the right. "A. Lincoln" facsimile signature appears centered below the portrait with "Likeness from a recent Photograph from life / Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York / Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1862 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of N.Y." printed in successive lines below.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.9 W-8.1 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887), Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)

Subjects:

Civil War