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.
Catalog Link:
Classification:
Department: