Engraving

Title:

Charles Wilkes

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.1197

Creator:

Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887); Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1864

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Charles Wilkes (1798-1877). 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 298. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full length portrait of a man with dark hair, buttoned army officer's jacket, black pants, black boots, sitting on a chair, facing forward. Left hand rests on sword hanging on hip, right hand on table by his side. Table is topped with ledgers and a hat. A letter falls atop the ornate carpet, light colored ornate walls behind him. "Painted by Alonzo Chappel."; "Charles Wilkes" facsimile of signature, printed below portrait. "Likeness from a recent Photograph from life. / Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York. / Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1864 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerks office of the district court for the southern district of NY." printed below that.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.9 W-8.2 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

Exploration, Explorers, Navigation