Some foxing at edges, image is clean.
Chase served as Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury during most of the Civil War and then nominated as Chief Justice by Abraham Lincoln.
The small-print caption beneath the engraving indicates if was from a painting by Alonzo Chappel. The larger credit under his name indicates it was engraved from a recent photograph. It was published by Johnson, Fry & Co of New York in their multi-volume sets “The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans” published in several formats and series between 1861 and 1864. This is from the 1863 series.T he engraved image measures approximately 5.5 x 7.5 on an 8.5 x 10.5 page.
Some foxing at edges, image is clean.
Chase served as Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury during most of the Civil War and then nominated as Chief Justice by Abraham Lincoln.
The small-print caption beneath the engraving indicates if was from a painting by Alonzo Chappel. The larger credit under his name indicates it was engraved from a recent photograph. It was published by Johnson, Fry & Co of New York in their multi-volume sets “The National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans” published in several formats and series between 1861 and 1864. This is from the 1863 series.T he engraved image measures approximately 5.5 x 7.5 on an 8.5 x 10.5 page.