Engraving
- Title:
- Franklin Pierce
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0829
- Creator:
- Healy, G. P. A. (1813-1894)
- Date:
- 1888
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869). Steel engraving, printed on paper. Bust-length portrait of young man facing left, long dark hair parted on his left combed over to his right in unruly shock, short sideburns, clean shaven; wearing dark coat wide lapel and collar, 1 button, dark vest with collar with hint of decorations on it, 1 button. Light-colored shirt with turned-up collar, dark bowtie and cravat. Medium gray background above his shoulders and to sides of face all set onto a lighter gray upright rectangular background. Engraved signature underneath: "Franklin Pierce". Underneath that: "G. Appleton Co." At bottom edge of image at left: "Healy" and at bottom edge at right: "H B Hall Jr." Printed in pencil on back: "See / James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, editors Appleton's (underlined) Cyclopaedia / of American Biography. New York; D. Appleton and Company, / 1888. V:Facing p. 7 / may have been used by Appleton in other works".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10 W-6.6 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
- Subjects:
- Pierce, Franklin
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