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Daniel Morgan

Black and white print showing Daniel Morgan, full length, seated, wearing buckskin clothes, his hand resting on a rifle. The print has his signature and text reading, “From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers,” with the maker’s information./tiles/collection/1/11633.xml
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Black and white print showing Daniel Morgan, full length, seated, wearing buckskin clothes, his hand resting on a rifle. The print has his signature and text reading, “From the original painting by Chappel in the possession of the publishers,” with the maker’s information.
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Date

1861

Artist

Alonzo Chappel

Publisher

Johnson, Fry & Company

Dimensions

10 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (27.3 x 21.3 cm)

Accession Number

2013.050.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Virginian Daniel Morgan was a Revolutionary War legend: the frontiersman who won battles through courage, ferocity, and raw ability. He later became a gentleman farmer and Representative, but this print showed him in his signature backwoods buckskins. In 1861, when the image was commissioned for the book Eminent Americans, Morgan’s rustic days were deemed more exciting than his sedate later life.

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