Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 193 × 152 mm. (7 5/8 × 6 in.)
Image: 113 × 89 mm. (4 7/16 × 3 1/2 in.)
Portfolio/Series
National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans/Longacre & Herring
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2849
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Stauffer, David McNeely, American Engravers upon Copper and Steel, New York: Grolier Club, 1907, no. 571. Stewart, Robert G., A Nineteenth-century Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1969, ill. p. 26. Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 50 no. 12.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LL: 'Painted by C. Ingham.'; in plate, LR: 'Eng. by A.B. Durand.'; in plate, Lower C: 'DEWITT CLINTON.'; and below, facsim. sig.: 'DeWitt Clinton'; BR Corner (pencil, in diamond): '3234/4'. VERSO: LL (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'.
