Engraving
- Title:
- Peter P. Parrott
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0796
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Peter P. Parrott (1811-1896). Steel engraving, printed on paper. Bust-length portrait of a man with graying hair, beard, white collar, black tie, black vest and jacket, facing slightly left; gray background. "Peter P. Parrott" facsimile of signature printed below portrait. Printed on the reverse; "Wood cut of Peter Pearse Parrott 1811 - 1896 b. Portsmouth N.H. son of John Fabyan Parrott and Hannah Skillings Parker. Had 2 sons and 6 daughters. Lived 1837-1896 at Greenewood Iron Works, Orange Co. N.H. now Arden. M. 1842 Mary Antoinette Arden. He owned 10,000 acres of land and mined iron. He was b in the house which stood and the corned of State and Middle Sts. next to the Rockingham Hotel now the league (1930) of the Portsmouth Historical Soc. and known as the John Paul Jones house. He was a brother of Robert Parker Parrott inventor of the Parrott gun, with whom he was in business, and of William Frederick Parrott of Portsmouth N.H."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.7 W-8 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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