Artist: L. S. Punderson. Lemuel Swift Punderson (1824 - 1910) was an engraver and printer in the United States. He did engravings from daguerreotype photographs.
Title: Portrait of Wilbur Fisk. Wilbur Fisk (1792 –1839) was a prominent American Methodist minister, educator and theologian. He was the first President of Wesleyan University
Titled, Dated, Signed in plate: the lettering is cut off.
Dimensions: 4 1/2" x 3 1/4". Trimmed to image.
Date: mid XIX C.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Creases, foxing, frayed corners. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonné: A.L.A. Portrait Index. Index to Portraits Contained in Printed Books and Periodicals. 1906. p. 515. Fisk.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XIX C.
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