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Artist
Auguste Edouart, 1788 - 1861
Sitter
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, 1783 - 1851
Jonathan Chapman, 1807 - 1848
Date
1841
Type
Silhouette
Medium
Lithograph, chalk and cut paper on paper
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 28.1cm x 21.1cm (11 1/16" x 8 5/16")
Topic
Silhouette\Cut-out
Nature & Environment\Plant
Printed Material\Document
Interior\Interior with Exterior View
Equipment\Walking stick\Cane
Container\Urn
Architecture\Column
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn: Male
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn: Literature\Writer
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn: Politics and Government\State Senator\Massachusetts
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn: Education and Scholarship\Scholar
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn: Military and Intelligence\Army\Officer\Brigadier General
Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\Roxbury, MA
Jonathan Chapman: Male
Jonathan Chapman: Politics and Government\Public official\Mayor\Boston, MA
Portrait
Place
United States\Massachusetts\Suffolk\Boston
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. McNeil, Jr.