National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans, Vol. I

Author Evert Augustus Duyckinck American

Alonzo Chappel American

Publisher Johnson, Fry & Co. American

1861

Not on view

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Title: National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans, Vol. I
Author: Evert Augustus Duyckinck (American, 1816–1878)
Artist: Alonzo Chappel (American, New York 1828–1887 Middle Island, New York)
Publisher: Johnson, Fry & Co. (American, New York)
Date: 1861
Medium: Illustrations: engraving
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 9 1/16 x 2 9/16 in. (28.5 x 23 x 6.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1963
Object Number: 63.698.69
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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