HENRY ALEXANDER WISE.
William Brown
Henry Alexander Wise.
Two stone lithograph, 1844.
Image size 13 7/16 x 9 15/16" (34.1 x 25.3 cm).
Good condition, save some foxing in the margins. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 89466
Price: $400.00 Publisher : Lith. of E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. From Brown's "Portrait Gallery of Distinguished American Citizens." Described as "one of the outstanding American silhouettists" in "America on Stone," Brown wandered the country executing full-length silhouette portraits of major public figures. He placed each into a landscape or interior background related to the individual.
Henry A. Wise was a U.S. politician and lawyer. He was the governor of Virginia when Harpers Ferry was raided by John Brown and served as a brigadier general during the American Civil War. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Portraits , Political Figures
