Engraving
- Title:
- J. A. Quitman
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0887
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Gen. John A. Quitman (1798-1858). 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 264. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of man with white hair and large white beard, sitting atop a horse. He wears a long officers coat, black pants, black boots, high feathered hat, sword hanging at his side, facing forward; the background includes battlefield rubble, a soldiers hat lays on the ground, another mounted officer rides behind him, clouds in the distance. "J.A. Quitman" facsimile of signature printed below portrait. "From the original Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers", "Johnson Fry & Co Publishers, New York" printed below that.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.9 W-8.3 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Quitman, John A.
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