Engraving

Title:

John E. Wool

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.1224

Creator:

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

Place of Origin:

New York City, NY

Date:

1859

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of John E. Wool (1784-1869). 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 366. Steel engraving, printed on paper. Full-length portrait of old man, wearing long military jacket, with shoulder tassels, double-breasted buttons, belt around waist with buckle reading "US", long sword at waist, black pants, white gloves, holding piece of paper in left hand, rest right hand on white-topped table; piece of furniture partially viewed on left side, plain wall in background, with shadow of old man at his left. "John E Wool" facsimile of signature / From the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers. / Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, New York. / Entered according to act of Congress AD 1859, by Johnson, fry & Co. in the clerk's office of the district court of the southern district of N.Y." printed beneath portrait. (1784-1869) written in pencil in upper-right corner on back of paper.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.9 W-8.2 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Wool, John E. (1784-1869), Chappel, Alonzo (1828-1887)

Subjects:

War, War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War