Martin van Buren, President of the United States
John Sartain, American, 1808 - 1897
after Henry Inman, American, 1801 - 1846
about 1839
Mezzotint on wove paper
Impression: 20 1/8 × 14 in. (51.1 × 35.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Appleton 1792 Memorial Fund
PR.921.36
Publisher
W. H. Morgan and Son, Philadelphia
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, lower left, on margin: Painted by H. Inman; lower right: Engraved by J. Sartain; lower center: Philad. Publ. by W. H. Morgan & Son; lower center: MARTIN VAN BUREN, / President of the United States / copy-right secured
Provenance
George Breed Zug (1867-1943, Dartmouth Professor of Art History, 1913-1932); given to present collection, 1921.
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