Engraving
- Title:
- Maj. Genl. John Stark
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0993
- Creator:
- Ritchie, Andrew (1782-1862) -- Artist; Pelton, Oliver (1798-1882) -- Engraver
- Date:
- 1842
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of John Stark (1728-1822). Engraved from a painting by Andrew Ritchie (1782-1862). Steel engraving, printed on paper. Bust-length portrait of a middle-age man facing left, light-colored mid-length hair, has dark creases on face, wearing dark military-style coat with light colored lapel with several narrow buttonholes, six buttons showing on coat, shoulder board and epaulet on left side and epaulet on right shoulder, white stock and cravat, light colored edge of vest showing. Dark gray background set in upright rectangular format. Thin border line around outside of rectangle. Below image: "MAJ. GENL. JOHN STARK." Engraved signature below that: "John Stark". Below image in center: "Painted by A. Ritchie." At right side just below borderline: "O. Pelton" At the left side: "Pa..nt....dey A. Ritchie" (all faint).
The frontispiece from George Barstow, The History of New Hampshire. Concord, 1842. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-6.9 W-4.35 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Politics & government, American Revolution
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