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Portrait of Salmon Portland Chase
Henry Bryan Hall, Sr. (American (born in England), 1808–1884)
1862
Medium/Technique
Graphite and wash on board
Dimensions
Sheet: 13 x 11 cm (5 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.) Cut to octagonal
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number62.86
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 317
DescriptionSecretary of the Treasury and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under Lincoln. Bust to left; partially bald. Abraham Lincoln said, "Chase is about one and a half times bigger than any man that I ever knew.
InscriptionsInscribed at bottom in graphite: H. B. Hall / 1862
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA February 14, 1962