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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
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