Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
William Henry Seward (1801-1872)
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Waist-length, three-quarters to the right portrait of William Henry Seward, with grayish-brown hair, wearing a black coat, white shirt and wide black bow tie.
Secretary of State in Lincoln's Cabinet, Seward was the Senator from New York. Despite initial differences, Seward and Lincoln became close friends.
John Chester Buttre is better known as an engraver and lithographer, especially of prominent nineteenth-century Americans.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Jacob A. Rosenfield, Chicago [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; A.J. Fink Foundation Inc., Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1963, by gift.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 6/24/1964 | Treatment | other |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H excluding frame: 3 1/4 x W: 2 1/8 in. (8.26 x 5.4 cm); Framed H: 5 1/2 x W: 4 3/8 in. (13.97 x 11.11 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the A. Jay Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, in memory of Abraham Jay Fink, 1963
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
38.487