Physical Qualities
Engraving and etching, Sheet: 132 × 94 mm. (5 3/16 × 3 11/16 in.)
Image: 106 × 87 mm. (4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2866
Bust portrait in oval with rectangular border.
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Stauffer, David McNeely, American Engravers upon Copper and Steel, New York: Grolier Club, 1907, no. 491. Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 43 no. 12.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, C below image: 'Engraved by R.W. Dodson from the Original Painting by H. Inman.'; in plate, BC: 'Right Rev. Alexander V. Griswold D.D.'; LL (pencil, in diamond): '3216'. VERSO: LL (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'.
