Description:
Framed stippled engraving in black and white titled: "HIS EXCELLENCY CALEB STRONG. LLD/ elected in 1813/ GOVERNOR of MASSACHUSETTS/ for the NINTH time/ by the/ FREE SUFFRAGES of his FELLOW CITIZENS"; over "Boston. Published by I. R. Smith June 7th 1813." "W.M.S. Doyle Pinx" is around the left side of the oval portrait and "I.R. Smith Sculp." is on the right. William Doyle (1796-1828) was a portrait painter who lived and worked in Boston; John Rubens Smith (c.1770-1849) was born in England and started work as an engraver in Boston in 1811, mainly producing portraits in stipple, aquatint and mezzotint, and died in NYC. Strong (1744/5-1819), who was born and died in Northampton, Mass., graduated from Harvard in 1764 and was admitted to the bar in 1772. He was a member of the General Court during the Revolution and the Northampton Committee of Safety; county attorney from 1776-1800; member of the state consitutional convention in 1779; state senator from 1780-1789; U.S. senator from 1789-1796; and Massachusetts governor from 1800-1807 and 1812-1816. The portrait shows Caleb with his white hair combed forward, strong dark eyebrows, and a stern expression with his head turned slightly left; he is wearing a high-collored shirt with white ruffles down the front, and a dark coat with the collar upturned behind his neck. See same print - HD 77.145.
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