William Cullen Bryant [print] / Charles Martin, del.; Illman & Sons, sculp.

Record ID: 
290783
Accession number: 
MA 686.6
Published: 
1857 or later.
Credit: 
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Wakeman Collection, 1909.
Description: 
1 print ; 197 x 130 mm
Notes: 

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 head-and-shoulders portrait of American poet and editor William Cullen Bryant looking to the viewer's right. A facsimile of Bryant's signature and "November 15, 1857" is engraved below. From an engraving by Illman & Sons, after a drawing by Charles Martin.

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