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Offered is the National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans, from original paintings by Alonzo Chappel, with biographies by E. A. Duyckinck — New York: Johnson, Fry & Company, copyright 1864 (engraved title page).
This is Volume 2 only, of the two-volume set.
A Civil War–era volume of Chappel\'s celebrated steel-engraved portraits of American statesmen, orators, and military figures, including the seated portrait of Abraham Lincoln captioned \"Likeness from a recent Photograph from life\" — an engraving issued during Lincoln\'s lifetime — along with John C. Calhoun and many others, each accompanied by Duyckinck\'s biographical narratives.Book measures approximately 11.2\" x 9.2\".The book is complete.Original half leather binding with raised bands, gilt spine titling, and gilt-stamped owner\'s name at the spine foot. Heavily worn: chipping and loss at the spine ends, scuffing and dryness to the leather, worn corners and edges. Foxing and toning to the text and plate margins. Please see photos for condition details.
