Engraving
- Title:
- Gouv Morris
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0746
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1863
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Gouverneur Morris (1752-1816). 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 364. Painted by Alonzo Chappel (1828-1887). Full-length portrait of an older man sitting in a chair, white hair, white collar, dark suit, prominent wooden leg, cane in one hand crumpled paper in the other, facing left. Background of the inside of a home, large dark curtains, next to the man is a desk topped with a book and pen, papers scattered on the floor. "From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers, Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers. New York."; "Gouv Morris" facsimile of signature printed beneath portrait.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.2 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- American Revolution, Politicians, Politics & government
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