Collection Highlights
Fire engine condenser case
1830-1840
1937.1631
Wood, paint, gilding
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Benson John Lossing (1813-1891)
Title
Benson John Lossing (1813-1891)
Date
1859
Medium
Black and white chalk and charcoal over graphite on brown paper
Dimensions
Overall: 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 in. ( 34.6 x 27 cm )
mat: 21 x 18 x 1 1/2 in. ( 53.3 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm )
Description
Portrait
Credit Line
Foster-Jarvis Fund
Object Number
1959.3
Marks
signature and date: lower right: "Rembrandt Peale/July 1859"
Inscriptions
Signed and inscribed at lower right in black chalk: "Rembrandt Peale / July 1859."
Gallery Label
The subject, an engraver and publisher, was born at Beekman, New York, and had moved to New York City by 1838. He became famous as a publisher of history books, such "Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of American Independence" (1848) and the "Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution" (1850-52), which were illustrated with numerous engravings, sometimes by Lossing himself. His portrait was purchased by the Society from his granddaughter.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
