Lithograph

Title:

Brigr. Gen. Franklin Pierce

Object Name:

Lithograph

Object ID:

2017.001.01

Creator:

Thayer, Benjamin W. (1814-1875)Lithographer; Redding & CompanyPublisher

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1852

Description:

Lithograph. Portrait of Brigadier General Franklin Pierce (1804-1869). Lithographed by B. W. Thayer & Company, Boston, MA. Published by Redding & Company, Boston, MA, 1852. Black ink on paper. Vertical rectangle. Half-length portrait of Pierce in his Mexican-American War uniform, with sword. Printed at bottom center: "BRIGr. GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE. / Published by Redding & Co." Printed below image, left: "B.W. Thayer & Cos. Lith. Boston". Facsimile signature printed below image, right: "Frank Pierce".

Material:

Paper

Provenance:

Many lithograph portraits of Franklin Pierce were issued during the 1852 U.S. presidential campaign, as supporters rushed to publicize Pierce's candidacy, and during his term as President. The most widely distributed print portraits were by Nathaniel Currier, Kellogg Brothers, and Fetridge & Co., based on Southworth & Hawes daguerreotypes. Many of these print portraits were published as illustrations for biographies and national histories during Pierce's presidency. This lithograph was made from one of the daguerreotypes taken by William H. Kimball (1817-1892) of Concord in June 1852, after Pierce's nomination as the Democratic candidate for president. To date this is the only known print made from the 1852 Kimball daguerreotypes of Pierce.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund

People:

Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869), Thayer, Benjamin W. (1814-1875)

Subjects:

Pierce, Franklin