Details
Creator Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893, engraver.
Contributor Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900, artist.
Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, 1830-1900, artist.
Title S.P. Chase [graphic] / Painted by F.B. Carpenter; engraved by J.C. Buttre.
Publisher [New York] : [publisher not identified]
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1861
Date [ca. 1861]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 22 x 15 cm (8.75 x 5.75 in.)
Description Bust-length portrait of the abolitionist, Ohio Senator, statesman, Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Chase, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, and jacket, sit facing slightly left.
Notes Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
Date inferred from the working dates of the engraver and the attire of sitter.
Carpenter made professional trips to Washington, D.C. in 1855 and 1864, the latter to paint the president and his cabinet.
Buttre, a New York portrait painter and engraver, worked in the city from the mid to late 19th century.
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Part of digital collections catalog through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett, Governor, 2013-2014.
Subject Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- 1860-1870.
Legislators -- Ohio.
Statesmen -- American -- United States.
Supreme Court justices -- United States -- 1860-1880.
Genre Engravings -- 1860-1870.
Portrait prints -- 1860-1870.
Illustrator Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, 1830-1900, artist.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints-Chase [P.8911.221]
Accession number P.8911.221