Engraving

Title:

Benjamin Lincoln

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0666

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1862

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Benjamin Lincoln (1733-1810).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 222. Engraved by Johnson, Fry & Co.. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Standing portrait of older man with white hair, military uniform of dark coat, white tie, vest, pants, sword sash, sword and epaulets, and dark knee-length boots with spurs; one hand is on his hip with the other which holds a piece of crumpled paper is resting on a cannon barrel. The foreground is rock strewn; the cannon wheels are visible. The background is gray with a small scene of soldiers seen at the left just beyond the cannon wheel. "B. Lincoln" facsimile signature is printed just below portrait. Three lines below read: "From the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the publishers. / 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 New York."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.85 W-5.45 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887), Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810)

Subjects:

American Revolution