John Jacob Astor, 1864-1912 – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: John Jacob Astor, 1864-1912, preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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John Jacob Astor, 1864-1912
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Among the portraits in Duyckinck's *National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans*, this engraving reproduces a painting by Alonzo Chappel of John Jacob Astor, the German-born merchant who built a fortune in the American fur trade and later in New York real estate. The Duyckinck volumes appeared in the 1860s to present notable figures of the nation's past through engraved likenesses, so the print looks back to Astor's era rather than recording him from life. The title's dates, 1864 to 1912, do not match Astor's lifespan of 1763 to 1848, and the record itself flags its data as unverified, so those dates should be read with caution.
| Created / published | c1864. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Subjects | Engraving after painting by Alonzo Chappel, copyrighted by Johnson Fry & Co. Illus. in: Duyckinck, National Portrait Gallery, vol. II, opposite p. 30. Another version of the print is also in Biog. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: A/P/P Index; BI--WORKS; BI; Publ. Ind.--Chappel; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,132 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141862 |
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