Gideon Welles
Dateabout 1865
MediumEngraving; printer's ink on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 7 3/8 x 5 1/8in. (18.7 x 13cm)
Platemark (height x width): 9 7/8 x 6 7/8in. (25.1 x 17.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/2 x 9in. (29.2 x 22.9cm)
Platemark (height x width): 9 7/8 x 6 7/8in. (25.1 x 17.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 11 1/2 x 9in. (29.2 x 22.9cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionBust-length portrait of a man with a beard and mustche. He is wearing a coat, vest, and shirt.
Object number2009.48.0
InscribedOn recto, engraved facsimile signature beneath image, "Gideon Welles"On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
Subject Terms
On View
Not on viewlate 19th century
mid 19th-late 19th century
about 1850
mid 19th century