Engraving

Title:

James Monroe

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0739

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1861

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of James Monroe (1758-1831). 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 448. Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). Steel engraving printed on paper. Full-length portrait of seated man with dark hair pulled back from face, white neck cloth, light gray buttoned vest, dark coat, trousers and shoes; his hands are on the chair arms, one hand holding a white handkerchief. Gray background with a pillar showing behind the chair on the left and a drapery on the right with a table in front with a paper and books on it and a large book on the floor leaning against the carved table leg. There is a faintly patterned rug on the floor. "James Monroe" facsimile signature appears just below portrait with the following three lines printed below: "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. 1861 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of N.Y."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.9 W-8.4 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Monroe, James (1758-1831), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

American Revolution, Politics & government, Presidents