William H. Seward
- Title:
- William H. Seward
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- History of photography
- Publisher:
- Harper's Weekly
- Creation Date:
- 1861
- ID Number:
- RMM08043_bI1_f01_002
- Collection Number:
- 8043
- File Name:
- RMM08043_bI1_f01_002.jpg
- Work Type:
- Newspaper
- Materials/Techniques:
- wood engravings
- Subject:
- Photojournalism
Press photography - Measurement:
- 40.4 x 28.5 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- Cover of Harper's Weekly from April 6, 1861 featuring an engraved standing portrait of Seward (approx. 60 years old), a white man with a full a white man with a full head of wavy hair, and a beaky nose wearing a three-piece suit and cravat, looking with a doleful expression out to the left of the viewer. His right hand rests flat on a sheet of paper on a book covered desk. Density is given to his clothing and surroundings by use of straight lines in varying densities and crosshatching.
- Notes:
- Wood engraving made from a Brady photograph of Seward.
- Cite As:
- Stephan Loewentheil Photograph Collection, #8043. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Stephan Loewentheil Photograph Collection
- Box:
- I-1
- Folder:
- 7
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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