Engraving

Title:

O. M. Mitchel

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0735

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1862

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Ormsby M. Mitchel (1810-1862). 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 362. Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). Steel engraving printed on paper. Full length portrait of a standing man in military dress, with a white collar, military coat with fourteen gold buttons, gold braid on shoulders, belt with tasseled bow sash, dark pants,dark shoes, full length light gloves facing slightly left, looking right. The man has his right hand in his jacket and his left hand on his hip next to his sword. The background shows a table next to the man with his cap, binoculars,and paper in front of a tent on the right and on the left are trees and bushes and grass at the base. "O.M. Mitchel" facsimile of signature, "From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publisher", "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 New York" printed beneath the portrait.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.9 W-8.3 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Mitchel, Ormsby M. (1810-1862), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

Civil War, Astronomers, Astronomical observatories, Astronomy