Engraving
- Title:
- Monument of the late Admiral Vernon
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.1057
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of the Monument of Admiral Edward Vernon (1684-1757). Steel engraving printed on paper. The monument consists of marble steps leading up to a inscribed tablet with two panels topped by marble stand with a child's head and draped shoulders surrounded on the left with a angel with wings holding a laurel wreath of the child's head, and a shield with a lion's head and helmet at her feet. On the right side is a small breast plate with a goat's head sticking out at the far edge, a sword handle and small cannon surrounding the breast plate with three flags in the background enclosed by two pillars with a triangular top and a crest in the center.with a dark gray background. In script "Monument of the late Admiral Vernon" printed beneath the monument. On the reverse in pencil in the center "11/60".
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-8.8 W-5.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Vernon, Edward (1684-1757)
- Subjects:
- Vernon, Edward
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