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Engraving

Title:
William Whipple
Object Name:
Engraving
Object ID:
2010.501.1183
Date:
1730
Description:
Engraving. Portrait of William Whipple (1730-1785). Steel engraving printed on paper. Bust length portrait of a man with long light hair tied at the neck with a black ribbon, white collar, ruffled white cravat, light vest with two buttons, dark jacket facing right with a sepia colored background, in an oval frame decorated with scollops and tassels, surrounded by sprays of flowers and branches with leaves with four decorative objects, one at each quarter. "WILLIAM WHIPPLE." printed beneath the portrait. Beneath this is a paper adhered to the print, "Wm. Whipple" in script in brown ink. On the reverse in the top left corner in pencil, "V757 / A939p", Near the right center in red pencil a circle with a # and 16D in the center. At the bottom, stamped in green, "New Hampshire Historical Society / Concord, N.H.
Material:
Paper
Dimensions:
H-7.5 W-4.5 inches
Credit Line:
New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
Subjects:
Whipple, William
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