Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 246 × 166 mm. (9 11/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
Image: 114 × 89 mm. (4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
Portfolio/Series
National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans/Longacre & Herring
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2848
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Stewart, Robert G., National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC, 'A Nineteenth-century Gallery of Distinguished Americans,' Feb. 22-May 1, 1969, ill. p. 59.
Stauffer, David McNeely, American Engravers upon Copper and Steel, New York: Grolier Club, 1907, no. 622. Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 49 no. 3.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, C below image: 'Eng. by A.B. Durand, from the Painting by J. Vanderlyn in the City Hall New-York. / JAMES MONROE.' and below, facsim. sig.: 'James Monroe' and below, C in plate: 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1835 by James Herring, in the clerks office of the / District Court of the Southern District of New York.'; BR Corner (pencil, in diamond): '3234/3'. VERSO: LL (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'.
