Millard Fillmore.

After a work byAfter a work by N. E. Sisson American

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1848

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 1/4 x 8 3/8in. (28.6 x 21.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10 1/16in. (35.7 x 25.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a middle-aged man wearing a jacket, vest, shirt, and tie, seated in a carved and upholstered armchair. A coat-of-arms, consisting of two women flanking a shield with a rising sun on it and an eagle on top of it, is on the back of the chair. The man holds a sheet of paper. Drapery with a cord and tassle and the base of a column are in the background.

Object number1995.182.78

InscribedLithographed title beneath image: "MILLARD FILLMORE. / WHIG CANDIDATE FOR / Vice President of the United States. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by Kelloggs & Comstock in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." Inscribed in pencil on verso upper left: "Box 28 / #6". Lower right: "consv CPC 1987" " Dwr 4". Old accession number inscribed in pencil, lower left. New accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.

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