James Buchanan

Name/Title

James Buchanan

Entry/Object ID

IMG699

Description

James Buchanan shown with black coat and vest, white shirt and cravat. Oval engraving is surrounded by fancy scroll work. At top is depiction of desk with books and pen & penholder. At bottom left is soldiers in formation. At bottom center is man standing in a carriage pulled by two horses with three other men in carriage. At bottom right is man giving speech to a crowd. Beneath engraving in script "James Buchanan". Below that "Likeness from Life__Engraved by J. C. Buttre." Below that "Johnson, Fry & Co. Publishers, N.Y." Below that "Entered according to act of Congress, AD. 1857 by Johnson, Fry & Co. in the clerk's office in the district court of the southern district of New York."

Acquisition

Accession

47

Source or Donor

Ingalls, John

Acquisition Method

Gift