This engraving by John Chester Buttre is of President James Buchanan. This image was influenced from a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. Buttre completed the engraving in the mid-19th century. Before being elected as the fifteenth president of the United States, Buchanan served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and Senate for the state of Pennsylvania, secretary of state, and the United States minister to Russia and Great Britain.
[left] Daguerreotype by Brady / [right] Engraved by J.C. Buttre.
Inscription Type 2:
signed
Inscription Location 2:
front, lower center
Inscription Text 2:
James Buchanan
Inscription Type 3:
labeled
Inscription Location 3:
front, bottom
Inscription Text 3:
Engd. For the U.S. Dem. Review
Inscription Type 4:
inscribed
Inscription Location 4:
front, bottom
Inscription Text 4:
Rep. Sen. & President
Description:
This engraving by John Chester Buttre is of President James Buchanan. This image was influenced from a daguerreotype by Mathew Brady. Buttre completed the engraving in the mid-19th century. Before being elected as the fifteenth president of the United States, Buchanan served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and Senate for the state of Pennsylvania, secretary of state, and the United States minister to Russia and Great Britain.
