Engraving
- Title:
- Geo. B. McClellan
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0712
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1862
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of George B. McClellan (1826-1885). 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 408. Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887), engraved by Johnson, Fry &Co. Publishers. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of a man with dark hair, large mustache, army officer's uniform, sword hanging at hip, pen and paper in hand. Next to the man in a chest that is topped by his hat and satchel and a drum resting on the ground. The background includes several tents and another officer leading a horse by the reins also with a sword on his hip. "Painted by Alonzo Chappel"; "G. B. McClellan, Likeness from a recent Photograph from life." Facsimile of signature printed below portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.85 W-8.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Civil War
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