William Cullen Bryant [print] / etched by S. Hollyer.

Record ID: 
108765
Accession number: 
MA 686.1
Author: 
Hollyer, Samuel, 1826-1919, engraver.
Published: 
after 1873.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description: 
1 print ; 206 x 134 mm
Notes: 

A copy of the Sarony photograph is held in the National Portrait Gallery (ref. NPG.76.69).
Part of a collection of 20 items (including letters, poems, and engravings) related to William Cullen Bryant. Items are described individually in 20 records (MA 686.1-20); see related records for full description.

Summary: 

Print shows a portrait of an elderly William Cullen Bryant in 3/4 profile, with a full beard and wrapped in a cloak. Bryant's signature is engraved below. From an engraving by S. Hollyer, after an 1873 photograph by Napoleon Sarony.

Provenance: 
Stephen H. Wakeman; purchased by Pierpont Morgan with the Wakeman Collection in 1909.
Classification: