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Artist
John Plumbe, Jr., 13 Jul 1809 - 28 May 1857
Sitter
Henry Washington Hilliard, 4 Aug 1808 - 17 Dec 1892
Date
1847
Type
Print
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Dimensions
Image: 26 × 19.4 cm (10 1/4 × 7 5/8")
Sheet: 32.9 × 26.3 cm (12 15/16 × 10 3/8")
Book closed: 33.5 × 27 × 1 cm (13 3/16 × 10 5/8")
Book open: 33.5 × 53.5 × 1.2 cm (13 3/16 × 21 1/16")
Topic
Costume\Jewelry\Pin\Tie pin
Nature & Environment\Animal\Bird\Eagle
Henry Washington Hilliard: Male
Henry Washington Hilliard: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Henry Washington Hilliard: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Civil War\Confederate Army
Henry Washington Hilliard: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General
Henry Washington Hilliard: Education and Scholarship\Administrator\Smithsonian Institution\Regent of Smithsonian Institution
Henry Washington Hilliard: Politics and Government\US Congressman\Alabama
Portrait
Place
United States\Pennsylvania\Philadelphia\Philadelphia
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution