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Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.42.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society…
Major General Israel Putnam
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.42.0 © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Major General Israel Putnam

PrintmakerEngraved by William Humophreys American, 1794 - 1865
After a work byAfter a work by John Trumbull American, 1756 - 1843
Date1843-1845
MediumEngraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 4 1/2 x 3 3/8in. (11.4 x 8.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 9 x 5 3/8in. (22.9 x 13.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a heavy-set man wearing a military uniform coat, vest, and stock.
Object number2009.42.0
InscribedOn recto, inscribed in plate beneath image, "MAJOR GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM / [facsimile signature] Israel Putnam"

On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
On View
Not on view
Gift of John Crockett, 2008.72.2  © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Alonzo Chappel
1858
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.59.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society…
Martin M. Lawrence
about 1860
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.51.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society…
David C. Hinman
about 1840
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.54.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society…
Asher Brown Durand
early 19th-mid 19th century
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2009.60.0  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society…
Daggett, Hinman & Co.
about 1840
Museum purchase, 1959.111.3  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Society.
George Parker
mid 19th century
Gift of the estate of Annie Eliot Trumbull, 1950.5.279  © 2010 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
John B. Forrest
mid 19th century
Genl. Israel Putnam.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1845-1846
Gift of Samuel St. John Morgan, 1950.133.0  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1864-1865