Engraving
- Title:
- Pierce
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0835
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Franklin Pierce (1804-1869). Steel engraving, printed on paper. Bust-length portrait of a young middle-aged man facing left, long curly dark hair parted on his left side, combed over top and toward front to create a pile on top of his head, hair on other side combed backwards, clean-shaven, dark coat with wide lapel and collar, dark vest, white shirt with turned-up collar, 1 button, dark bowtie or cravat, medium gray background above his shoulders and head. Name "Pierce" engraved at bottom of image set in a series of curlycues and decorations on either side of bottom edge of image. Pencil upper right corner: "M S 1982-24 (M)"/ At bottom is stamp in purple: "THIS PORTRAIT IS SOLD / BY THE U. S. GOVERN- / MENT FOR 25 CENTS AND / IS NOT TO BE RESOLD / FOR A LARGER SUM."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.9 W-5.95 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)
- Subjects:
- Pierce, Franklin
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