Engraving
- Title:
- G. Washington
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.1093
- Creator:
- Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of George Washington (1732-1799). 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. I. (New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, 1862). facing page 59. Full-length portrait of a man with white hair, white collared shirt, buttoned dark vest, open black jacket, black pants, black buckled shoes, sword resting in right hand, facing forward. Background includes the chair he is sitting on, Roman-styled pillars, billowing curtains, desk topped with books, books strewn about on floor. "G. Washington." facsimile of signature, printed below portrait. "From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers. / Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York. / Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1873 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y." printed below signature.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.2 W-7.9 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Washington, George
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