The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, Containing the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Twenty-four of the Most Eminent Citizens of the American Republic Since the Death of Washington
Illustrated book bound in blue cloth with gold stamping. Front cover stampedin gold: "The Gift Book of the Republic, The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, The Union and the Republic for Ever" (with emblem below).
The title page reads: "The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, containing the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Twenty-four of the Most Eminent Citizens of the American Republic, since the Death of Washington, C. Edwards Lester, editor, New York: M. B. Brady, F. D'Avignon, C. Edwards Lester, MDCCCL."
The volume contains portraits of: General Zachary Taylor, John Caldwell Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Silas Wright, Henry Clay, John Charles Freemont, John James Audubon, William Hickling Prescott, General Winfield Scott, President Millard Fillmore, William Ellery Channing, and Lewis Cass each followed by a biography.
The title page reads: "The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, containing the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Twenty-four of the Most Eminent Citizens of the American Republic, since the Death of Washington, C. Edwards Lester, editor, New York: M. B. Brady, F. D'Avignon, C. Edwards Lester, MDCCCL."
The volume contains portraits of: General Zachary Taylor, John Caldwell Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Silas Wright, Henry Clay, John Charles Freemont, John James Audubon, William Hickling Prescott, General Winfield Scott, President Millard Fillmore, William Ellery Channing, and Lewis Cass each followed by a biography.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Gallery of Illustrious Americans, Containing the Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Twenty-four of the Most Eminent Citizens of the American Republic Since the Death of Washington
- Publisher: Brady, D'Avignon and Company (New York, NY)
- Lithographer: Francis d' Avignon (French, 1813–1861, active America 1840–60)
- Artist: After Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)
- Editor: Charles Edwards Lester (American, 1815–1890)
- Sitter: Zachary Taylor (American, Montebello, Virginia 1784–1850 Washington, D.C.)
- Sitter: John Caldwell Calhoun (American, 1782–1850)
- Sitter: Daniel Webster (American, Salisbury, New Hampshire 1782–1852 Marshfield, Massachusetts)
- Sitter: Silas Wright Jr. (American, Amherst, Massachusetts 1795–1847 Canton, New York)
- Sitter: Henry Clay (American, Hanover County, Virginia 1777–1852 Washington, D.C.)
- Sitter: John Charles Fremont (American, Savannah, Georgia 1813–1890 New York)
- Sitter: John James Audubon (American (born Haiti), Les Cayes (Saint-Domingue) 1785–1851 New York)
- Sitter: William Hickling Prescott (American, 1796–1859)
- Sitter: General Winfield Scott (American, Petersburg, Virginia 1786–1866 West Point, New York)
- Sitter: Millard Fillmore (American, 1800–1874)
- Sitter: William Ellery Channing (American, Newport, Rhode Island 1780–1842 Old Bennington, Vermont)
- Sitter: Lewis Cass (American, 1782–1866)
- Date: 1850
- Medium: Illustrations: lithographs after daguerrotypes
- Dimensions: 21 3/4 x 15 1/2 x 3/4 in. (55.2 x 39.4 x 1.9 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.1966
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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