Engraving
- Title:
- Henry W. Longfellow
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0674
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Henry W. Longfellow (1807-1882).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 444. Engraved by Alonso Chappel. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full length portrait of man sitting in chair with cane, light hair, white collar, black tie and jacket, striped vest, light pants, facing slightly right; background includes portrait hanging on the wall and Ottoman by his side. "Painted by Alonso Chappel"; "Henry W. Longfellow" facsimile of signature, beneath portrait. Other printings below portrait; "Likeness from the latest Photograph from life" "Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers. New York." "Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1863 by Johnson Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of NY."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.7 W-7.8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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