Engraving

Title:

W. H. Prescott

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0873

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of William H. Prescott (1796-1859). 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. II. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862). facing page 221. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of a man sitting in a large chair, many books shelved behind him, next to a desk that is topped with paper and pen and a large book lays against the leg of the desk, the man has dark hair, white collar, black tie, dark buttoned vest, dark pants, dark unbuttoned jacket, black shoes, holding a newspaper limply in his left hand, facing slightly right. "Painted by Alonzo Chappel"; "Wm. H. Prescott" facsimile of signature printed below portrait. "Likeness from a Photograph in the possession of his family", "Johnson Fry & Co. Publishers. New York." "Entered according to the act of Congress A.D. 1861 by Johnson Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of New York." printed below signature.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.8 W-8.2 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Prescott, William H. (1796-1859), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

Prescott, William H., Historians