Erastus Fairbanks

Erastus Fairbanks

Name/Title

Erastus Fairbanks

Entry/Object ID

1908.6.20

Description

Print showing a man wearing a black suit jacket, vest, and bowtie, and a white shirt. His white hair is brushed tall, and he has a white beard running under his jawline. He is wearing small, wireframed glasses. The print is framed in a wooden frame beneath white matboard. A metal plaque at the bottom center of the frame reads, "ERASTUS FAIRBANKS 1852 - 53 AND 1860 - 61".

Artwork Details

Subject Person

Fairbanks, Erastus (1792-1864)

Context

Erastus Fairbanks was Governor of Vermont from 1852 to 1853 and again from 1860 to 1861.

Acquisition

Accession

1908.6

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Made/Created

Artist

Chickering, Elmer

Date made

1907

Place

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

13-7/8 in

Width

11 in