1862 National Portraits ART Gallery Washington Thomas Jefferson Hamilton Chappel

1862 National Portraits ART Gallery Washington Thomas Jefferson Hamilton Chappel

Illustrated by “perhaps one of the best historical illustrators in the United States,” Alonzo Chappel. ­(Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.)

‘National Portrait Gallery’ is one of the most impressive collections of biographies of famous Americans with portraits of leading figures from American History. This incredible work contains biographies of American leaders such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. The appeal of this work, however, is the portrait engravings by Alonzo Chappel.

Item number: #27414

Price: $499

DUYCKINCK, Evert

National portrait gallery of eminent Americans: including orators, statesman, naval and military heroes, jurists, authors, etc., etc. from original full-length paintings by Alonzo Chappel, with biographical and historical narratives.

New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, [1862]. First edition

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
  • 1 – iv, iii-vii, [1], 9-488
  • 2 – iv, 5-470
  • 133 steel-engraved portraits throughout
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~11.25in X 9in (28.5cm x 22.5cm)

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