Johnson Fry & Co. Andrew Johnson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00496.261.02 Author/Creator: Johnson Fry & Co. Place Written: New York, New York Type: Print Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 engraving : b&w ; 28.3 x 21.3 cm. Order a Copy
Seated left-facing portrait of Johnson. Behind his chair is a small covered table with a book and piece of paper. Engraving based on a painting by Alonzo Chappel, who in turn used a photograph. By the lower left corner "Painted by" and on the lower right "Alonzo Chappel." Printed signature below image with "Likeness from a recent Photgraph from life." Noted at the bottom of the page as "Entered according to act of Congress A. D. 1864 by Johnson Fry & Co - in the clerks office of the district court of the souther district of N.Y."
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