Maj. Gen. Henry Knox. [engraving]

Maj. Gen. Henry Knox. [engraving]

New York James Herring c1834

1 print ; one copy on sheet 27 x 18 cm.; second copy on sheet 26 x 18 cm. (damaged - lower left corner missing) ; third copy on sheet 23 x16 cm. fourth copy on sheet 27 x 19 mounted of mat board 28 x 20 cm.

P&E L1994.918m

Three-quarter length, standing, to the right, in uniform. His right hand rests on his hip and his left hand rests on the barrel of a cannon. Facsimilie signature appears below the title.
This engraving is published in Herrring and Longacre, The national portrait gallery of distinguished Americans, Vol. II.
A second copy is damaged and is from the Thomas Collection.
The third copy is a copy of the Herring and Longacre engraving but a border, 1/16, has been added. The copyright reference has been removed. It is numbered P&E L2005G40.297m and is from the Joshua Danforth Bush, Jr. Collection..
The fourth copy was removed from its frame to be preserved in the P&E files in the vault. It was the gift of Mr. Lester A. Pratt in March 1961. It was accessioned as P&E L1961.858.1 from an earlier accession number: P&E L93.831.
Henry Knox is an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati from the state of Massachusetts.
4 copies.
Digitized image available.

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