Details
Creator Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895, engraver.
Title William H. Seward [graphic] / Engd. by A.H. Ritchie.
Publisher New York : D. Appleton & Co
Date [1887]
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 23 x 15 cm (9 x 5.5 in.)
Description Portrait of the abolitionist politician, Secretary of State under Lincoln, and New York senator and governor. Seward, attired in a white collared shirt, a plaid bowtie, a dark-colored waistcoat and jacket, is in left profile.
Notes Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
Published in Appleton's Cyclopedia of American biography (New York: D. Appleton & Co.,1887-1888), vol. 5, p. 470. The Cyclopedia was reissued in 1901. (LCP Reference Uz 1t,4163.Q)
Accessioned 1982.
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
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 Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- 1860-1870.
Governors -- New York (State).
Legislators -- New York (State).
Genre Engravings -- 1880-1890.
Portrait prints -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints - S [P.8911.870]
Accession number P.8911.870