Engraving
- Title:
- Thomas MacDonough Esq. of the United States Navy
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0691
- Creator:
- Jarvis, John Wesley (1781-1839); Gimbrede, Thomas (1781-1832); Thomas, Moses
- Place of Origin:
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date:
- 1815
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Thomas MacDonough (1783-1825). Engraved by Thomas Gimbrede. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Half-length engraving of a middle-age man facing right, light hair, long sideburns, dark military-style coat with wide lapels, light-colored band around edges of coat, tall dark collar, epaulet and shoulder board on each shoulder, 12 buttons, light-colored vest with turned up collar, light-color shirt high collar, dark stock and small cravat showing above vest. Dark gray background in vertical rectangular with borderline around outside edge. Below portrait engraved: "Thomas Mac Donough ESQ. / of the United States Navy". Further down: "Engraved for the Analectic Magazine and Naval Chronicle Published by M. Thomas / Entered 4th March according to Act of Congress". Below image left corner: "Jarvis Pt." Lower right corner below image: "Gimbrede SCT. "
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.95 W-5.05 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- MacDonough, Thomas (1783-1825), Jarvis, John Wesley (1781-1839), Gimbrede, Thomas (1781-1832)
- Subjects:
- War of 1812, Naval warfare
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