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Silhouette Portrait of De Witt Clinton

Lithographer Lithographed and published by E. B. & E. C. Kellogg American
Sitter DeWitt Clinton American
1844
Not on view
Print based on a silhouette portrait cut by Brown of De Witt Clinton, U.S. Senator and Governor of New York, who was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal. He is shown standing in a room adorned with a map of New York state. This print was was conceived as part of Brown's 1844 book, Portrait Gallery of DIstinguished Americans, which included biographies, and appears in that context opposite page 37.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Silhouette Portrait of De Witt Clinton
  • Series/Portfolio: Portrait Gallery of DIstinguished Americans, 1844-45
  • Artist: William Henry Brown (American, Charleston, South Carolina 1808–1883 Charleston, South Carolina)
  • Lithographer: Lithographed and published by E. B. & E. C. Kellogg (American, active Hartford, Connecticut 1840–67)
  • Sitter: DeWitt Clinton (American, Little Britain, New York 1769–1828 Albany, New York)
  • Date: 1844
  • Medium: Lithograph with tint stone
  • Dimensions: Image: 13 1/4 × 9 5/8 in. (33.7 × 24.5 cm)
    Sheet: 16 3/4 in. × 12 in. (42.5 × 30.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.90.592
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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