Engravings & Prints

ADAMS, LOUISA CATHERINE (1775-1852) U.S. First Lady – 1825-29; Wife of U.S. President John Quincy Adams

# 7871

Original Steel Engraving, 7” x 10 ¼” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ½” x 4 ½” image of Mrs. Adams, captioned “Painted by C.R. Leslie. Engraved by G.F. Storm.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few inconsequential stains.

ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826) Second U.S. President – 1797-1801; U.S. Vice President – 1789-97; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Delegate to the Continental Congress – 1774-78

# 7862

Original Steel Engraving, 6 ½” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 4” x 5 ¼” image of Adams, imprinted, “Painted by G. Stuart. H.B. Hall, Jr…D. Appleton & Co.”

Excellent overall, the print is lightly and evenly toned, with old book binding remnants along the right edge.

ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826) Second U.S. President – 1797-1801; U.S. Vice President – 1789-97; Signer of the Declaration of Independence; Delegate to the Continental Congress – 1774-78

# 7866

Original Steel Engraving, 7 ½” x 10 ¾” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath an exquisite 5” x 7 ¼” image of Adams, imprinted “From a Painting by Chappel, in the possession of the Publishers,” and dated “A.D. 1862” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few inconsequential stains.

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848) Sixth U.S. President - 1825-29; U.S. Secretary of State 1817-25; U.S. Senator – Massachusetts – 1803-08; U.S. Representative – Massachusetts – 1831-48

# 7870

Original Steel Engraving, 6 ½” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 4” x 4 ½” image of Adams, imprinted “Marchant Pinxt. G. Parker Sc…D. Appleton & Co.”

Excellent overall, with light, even toning, a few superficial stains, and old book binding remnants along the left edge.

ARTHUR, CHESTER A. (1830-86) Twenty-First U.S. President - 1881-85; U.S. Vice President – 1881; Civil War Quartermaster General of New York

# 7949

Original Steel Engraving, 6 ½” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 4 ¼” x 5 ¼” image of Arthur, imprinted “H.B. Hall, Jr…D. Appleton & Co.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few inconsequential stains.

AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (1785-1851) Haitian-Born American Ornithologist, Naturalist & Painter; Published the “Birds of America,” 1827-38

# 7950

Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ¾” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ¼” x 7 ¼” image of Audubon, imprinted “From the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the publishers,” and dated “A.D. 1861” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with scattered staining.

BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM (1774-1833) U.S. Navy Commodore – Barbary Wars & The War of 1812; Namesake of Bainbridge Island, Washington

# 7951

Original Engraving, 6 ¾” x 10 ¼” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ½” x 4 ½” image of Bainbridge in military uniform, imprinted “Painted by J.W. Jarvis. Eng[rave]d by G. Parker.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with scattered foxing stains and a few light creases.

BANKS, NATHANIEL P. (1816-94) Union Major General – Massachusetts; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1855-57; Governor of Massachusetts – 1858-61

# 7952

Original Steel Engraving, 8” x 10 ¾” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ½” x 7 ½” image of Banks in Civil War uniform, imprinted “Painted by Alonzo Chappel. Likeness from a recent Photograph from life,” and dated “A.D. 1863” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with scattered minor stains.

BARNEY, JOSHUA (1759-1818) American Navy Commodore, Revolutionary War & War of 1812

# 7872

Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ½” x 7 ¼” image of Barney in military uniform, imprinted “From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers,” and dated “A.D. 1862” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few superficial stains and light creases in the margins.

BARRY, JOHN (1745-1803) American Revolutionary War, Captain in the Continental Navy; Appointed U.S. Navy Commodore by President George Washington in 1797

# 7873

Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¼” x 10 ¼” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ½” x 7 ¼” image of Barry in military uniform, imprinted “From the original painting by Chappel, in the possession of the publishers,” and dated “A.D 1863” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few superficial stains.

BENTON, THOMAS HART (1782-1858) War of 1812 Veteran & Aide-de-Camp to General Andrew Jackson; U.S. Congressman – Missouri - 1821-55; Father-in-Law of John C. Fremont

# 7852

Original Steel Engraving, 6 ½” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 4” x 5 ¼” image of Benton, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by H.B. Hall, Jr. D. Appleton & Co. Publishers.”

Virtually pristine, with old book binding remnants along the right edge.

BROWNING, ELIZABETH BARRETT (1806-61) English Victorian Poet

# 7881

Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ¼” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5” x 7” image of Browning, imprinted “From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers,” and dated “A.D. 1872” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few pinholes along the left edge.

BUCHANAN, JAMES (1791-1868) Fifteenth U.S. President - 1857-61; U.S. Secretary of State – 1845-49; U.S. Senator – Pennsylvania - 1834-45; U.S Representative – Pennsylvania – 1821-31

# 7953

Original Steel Engraving, 6 ½” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 4” x 5 ¼” image of Buchanan, imprinted “H.B. Hall, Jr…D. Appleton & Co.”

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few superficial stains.

BURNS, ROBERT (1759-96) Scottish Poet & Lyricist; Author of Auld Lang Syne

# 7961

Original Steel Engraving, 7 ¾” x 10 ¼” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ½” x 7” image of Burns, imprinted “From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers,” and dated “A.D. 1872” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with scattered foxing stains and a few light creases.

CALHOUN, JOHN C. (1782-1850) American Statesman – Advocate for Nullification, Secession, and Slavery

# 7860

U.S. Secretary of War - 1817-25; U.S. Vice President - 1825-32; U.S. Secretary of State - 1844-45; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1845-50; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1811-17

Original Steel Engraving, 6 ¾” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 4 ½” x 5” image of Calhoun, imprinted “NEW YORK, D. APPLETON & CO.”

Virtually pristine, with old book binding remnants along the left edge.

CALHOUN, JOHN C. (1782-1850) American Statesman – Advocate for Nullification, Secession, and Slavery

# 7868

U.S. Vice President - 1825-32; U.S. Secretary of War - 1817-25; U.S. Secretary of State - 1844-45; U.S. Representative – South Carolina – 1811-17; U.S. Senator – South Carolina – 1845-50

Original Steel Engraving, 8” x 10 ¾” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ¼” x 7 ¼” image of Calhoun, imprinted “Engraved by permission from an original portrait from life.”

Lightly toned, with several small stains and light creases.

CHASE, SALMON P. (1808-73) U.S. Treasury Secretary - 1861-64 – In the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War; Chief Justice of the United States, Supreme Court - 1864-73; Governor of Ohio – 1856-60; U.S. Senator – Ohio – 1849-55 & 1861

# 7874

Original Steel Engraving, 8” x 10 ¾” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ½” x 7 ½” image of Chase, imprinted “Painted by Alonzo Chappel. Likeness from a recent Photograph from life,” and dated “A.D. 1863” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with superficial staining in the margins.

CLAY, HENRY (1777-1852) U.S. Secretary of State - 1825-29; U.S. Presidential Candidate - 1824, 1832 & 1844

# 7859

U.S. Senator – Kentucky – 1806-07, 1810-11, 1831-42 & 1849-52; U.S. Congressman – Kentucky – 1813-14, 1815-21 & 1823-25; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives – 1811-14, 1815-20 & 1823-25

Original Steel Engraving, 6 ½” x 10” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 4” x 5” image of Clay, imprinted “Eng[rave]d by W.G. Jackman, from a Daguerreotype by Brady…N.Y. D. Appleton & Co.”

Virtually pristine, with old book binding remnants along the right edge.

CLAY, HENRY (1777-1852) U.S. Secretary of State - 1825-29; U.S. Presidential Candidate - 1824, 1832 & 1844

# 7867

Original Steel Engraving, 8” x 11” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 5 ½” x 7 ¼” image of Clay, imprinted “Painted by Alonzo Chappel. Likeness from a Portrait in the possession of his family,” and dated “A.D. 1861” in print below.

Lightly and evenly toned, with a few superficial stains.