Contributor |
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887, artist. |
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Johnson, Wilson & Co., publisher. |
Title |
William H. Seward [graphic] : Likeness from an approved photograph from life / Painted by Alonzo Chappel. |
Publisher |
New York : Johnson, Wilson & Co., publishers |
Publisher |
N.Y. New York. 1873 |
Date |
1873 |
Physical Description |
1 print : engraving ; sheet 28 x 20 cm (10.75 x 7.5 in.) |
Description |
Three-quarter length, right profile portrait of the abolitionist politician, Secretary of State under Lincoln, New York senator
and governor. Seward, attired in a white collared shirt, a black bowtie, waistcoat, jacket, and pants, sits near a table covered
with stacked papers, books, and an inkwell with pens. In the background is a column and drapery.
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Notes |
Title from printed signature of sitter below image. |
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Entered according to act of Congress AD 1873 by Johnson, Wilson & Co. in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. |
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Appears in Evert Duyckinck’s Portrait gallery of eminent men and women of Europe and America (New York, 1873), vol. 2, opp.
p. 461.
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Chappel painted a majority of the portraits published as engravings in biographer Evert Duyckick's, "Portrait Galleries,"
of the 1860s and 1870s. He often copied the subjects' faces from photographic portraits and placed them on generic bodies
in more decorative surroundings than the original photograph.
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Originally part of a McAllister scrapbook. McAllister Collection, gift, 1886. |
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Description revised 2021. |
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Access points revised 2021. |
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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.
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Subject |
Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Portraits. |
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Abolitionists -- United States. |
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Cabinet officers -- United States -- 1870-1880. |
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Governors -- New York (State). |
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Legislators -- New York (State). |
Genre |
Book illustrations -- 1870-1880. |
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Engravings -- 1870-1880. |
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Portrait prints -- 1870-1880. |
Printer |
Johnson, Wilson & Co., publisher. |
Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Portrait Prints - S [(1)5750.F.234a] |
Accession number |
(1)5750.F.234a |