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Contributor Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887, artist.
Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887, artist.
Johnson, Fry & Co., publisher.
Title William H. Seward [graphic] : Likeness from the latest photograph from life / Painted by Alonzo Chappel.
Publisher New York : Johnson, Fry & Co., publishers
Publisher N.Y. New York. 1862
Date 1862
Physical Description 1 print : engraving ; sheet 27 x 21 cm (10.75 x 8.25 in.)
Description Full-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, pants, and shoes, sits on a wooden chair near a table covered with stacked papers and books. An ottoman is beside his feet, papers are strewn on the floor, and a draped column is visible in the background.
Notes Title from printed signature of sitter below image.
Date from copyright statement.
Published in Evert Duyckinck's National portrait gallery of eminent Americans:...(New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., 1861-1864), vol. II, p. 280.
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.
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 Seward, William Henry, 1801-1872 -- Portraits.
Abolitionists -- United States.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- 1860-1870.
Governors -- New York (State).
Legislators -- New York (State).
Genre Book illustrations -- 1860-1870.
Engravings -- 1860-1870.
Portrait prints -- 1860-1870.
Illustrator Chappel, Alonzo, 1828-1887, artist.
Printer Johnson, Fry & Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| portrait prints-S [P.8911.874]
Accession number P.8911.874