Silhouette Portrait of De Witt Clinton
William Henry Brown American
Lithographed and published by E. B. & E. C. Kellogg American
Sitter DeWitt Clinton American
Not on view
Print based on a silhouette portrait cut by Brown of De Witt Clinton, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York, who was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. He is shown standing in a room adorned with a map of New York state. This print was was conceived as part of Brown's 1844 book, Portrait Gallery of DIstinguished Americans, which included biographies, and appears in that context opposite page 37.
