The Hon. Oliver Elsworth Esqr. Late Chief Justice of the United States.

After a work byAfter a work by John Trumbull American, 1756 - 1843

PrintmakerMade by Peter Maverick 1780 - 1831

PrinterPrinted by Andrew Maverick 1782 - 1826

Date1801-1826

MediumEngraving; printer's ink on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (oval image height x width): 3 7/8 x 3 1/8in. (9.8 x 7.9cm)
Platemark (height x width): 7 3/4 x 5in. (19.7 x 12.7cm)
Sheet (height ): 9 11/16in. (24.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund

DescriptionOval bust-length portrait of an elderly man wearing a coat and tie. He appears also to be wearing a wig, which is tied in a queue with a ribbon.

Object number2002.19.0

InscribedOn recto, engraved title beneath image, "The Hon. OLIVER ELSWORTH [sic] Esqr. / late Chief Justice of the United States."
On verso, accession number inscribed in pencil, lower right.NotesSubject Note: Oliver Ellsworth was born in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1745. He received his undergraduate education at Yale and Princeton. Upon returning to Windsor, he was admitted to the bar in 1771. He moved to Hartford in 1775 and was a member of the Continental Congress throughout the Revolution. He was one of the delegates from Connecticut to the Constitutional Convention and one of the first two senators from Connecticut. He was appointed Chief Justice of the United States by George Washington and served from 1796 to 1800. He died in 1807.

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