Portrait of Frederick Augustus Tallmadge

Object ID:
1917-03-2
Category:
Images of People
Medium:
oil on canvas
Creator:
Frederick William Herring, (1821-1899)
Date:
1858
Held at:
Litchfield Historical Society
Associated Place:
New York City, NY
Size:
43" length x 37" width
Description:
Oil on canvas portrait, rectangular 1/2 length image of portly middle aged man, seated in red upholstered armchair facing slightly to the left. Gray hair, side burns and brown eyes. Wearing a black suit, yellow vest, white pleated shirt and black tie. His arm rests on arm of chair, in right hand he holds a folded document: "Quarterly Report/of the/Dep. Supt. of Police/July 31st/1858" To the left a table with gray felt cover, two books, one on top "Laws of New York" and in open case sitting on top of books is a police badge.
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