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Stephen Alonzo Schoff (1818-1904) - Historic Engraver

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Stephen A. Schoff was my great-great-grandfather. He engraved and etched portraits, illustrations and bank note vignettes, almost always copied from paintings, drawings or photographs. I thought it would be interesting to show his work next to the original art, (or at least in the vicinity of the original; Pinterest always reshuffles the images a bit). He's little known today, but look at the artists and writers he was associated with, and in many cases knew personally.

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The Athenaeum - The Turquoise Ring (also known as The Opal Ring) Edmund Tarbell - 1894 Private collection Painting - oil on canvas Height: cm in. American Impressionism, Expositions, Oil Painting Reproductions, Old Master, Pictures To Paint, Opal Rings, Your Paintings, New Hampshire, American Artists
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The Turquoise Ring (Edmund Tarbell - )

"The Turquoise Ring," or "The Opal Ring," Edmund Tarbell, 1894, oil on canvas, 30 x 25", private collection.

"Anne Mumford Palmer," Abbott Handerson Thayer, oil on canvas, 24 x 19 Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester. New Hampshire, Memorial Art Gallery, Mumford, Canadian Art, Singer Sargent, Art Station, Portrait Art, Portraits, American Artists
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"Anne Mumford Palmer," Abbott Handerson Thayer, 1879, oil on canvas, 24 x 19 1/2", Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester.

"Daniel Webster," Chester Harding, ca. oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Federalist Party, Phillips Exeter Academy, John Marshall, Dartmouth College, Constitutional Law, The Orator, National Portrait Gallery, Now And Forever, Working Class
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"Daniel Webster," Chester Harding, ca. 1828, oil on canvas, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne at age thirty-six, etched by S.A. Schoff, after an 1840 portrait painted by Charles Osgood, published in "Nathaniel Hawthorne and his Wife, a Biography", Hawthorne, Julian. (Vol. 2), 1884. Charles Osgood, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Vignettes, Biography, 19th Century, Original Art, Portraits, Illustration, Artist
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Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne at age thirty-six, etched by S.A. Schoff, after an 1840 portrait painted by Charles Osgood, published in "Nathaniel Hawthorne and his Wife, a Biography", Hawthorne, Julian. (Vol. 2), 1884.

Portrait of a Young Woman, etched by S.A. Schoff, after a painting by Abbott Handerson Thayer, published in "American Art", Koehler, S.R., Cassell & Co., NY, 1886, 7 15/16 x 6 1/2", Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The young woman's parents requested that the etching be published without her name, but we now know her identity: Anne Mumford Palmer. Canvas Paper, Oil On Canvas, Canvas Prints, Artist Names, Artist Art, Modern Artists, Young Man, Art Reproductions, Fine Art Prints
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Portrait of a Young Woman, etched by S.A. Schoff, after a painting by Abbott Handerson Thayer, published in "American Art", Koehler, S.R., Cassell & Co., NY, 1886, 7 15/16 x 6 1/2", Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The young woman's parents requested that the etching be published without her name, but we now know her identity: Anne Mumford Palmer.

"Artemas Ward," Raphaelle Peale, oil on canvas, 25 x 21 General Artemas Ward House Museum. Harvard Art Museum, Almost Always, Vignettes, Oil On Canvas, Original Art, Writer, History, Portrait, Drawings
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From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Artemas Ward (1727-1800)

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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (Dutch, - Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain, 1634 Leiden, Rembrandt Portrait, Rembrandt Paintings, List Of Paintings, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Jan Van Eyck, Dutch Golden Age, Dutch Painters, Portraits
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"Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Gold Chain," Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1634, oil on panel, 27 3/8 x 20 7/8", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Portrait of a Lady, etched by S. Schoff, after a painting by J. This looks like the sort of work Schoff did for the John A. Lowell Company, typically used for advertising. Art Through The Ages, Vignettes, Original Art, Sculpture, Statue, Black And White, Portrait, Lady, Drawings
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Portrait of a Lady, etched by S.A. Schoff, after a painting by J. Coomans, private collection. This looks like the sort of work Schoff did for the John A. Lowell Company, typically used for advertising.

"Benning Wentworth," Joseph Blackburn, oil on canvas, x New Hampshire Historical Society. Freemasonry, American Revolution, Almost Always, Historical Society, American Artists, Vignettes, 18th Century, Colonial, Folk Art
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"Benning Wentworth," Joseph Blackburn, 1760, oil on canvas, 93.5 x 58", New Hampshire Historical Society.

"Benning Wentworth," (Governor of New Hampshire from 1741 to engraved by S. Schoff, after a painting by Joseph Blackburn, New York Public Library Print Collection. New York Public Library, Almost Always, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Vignettes, Joseph, Original Art, Digital, Drawings
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"Portrait of Abigail Brooks Adams (wife of Charles Francis Adams)," William Morris Hunt, oil, Adams National Historical Park, National Park Service. A4 Poster, Poster Prints, William Morris, Fashion Painting, Vintage Artwork, American Artists, Long Hall, Photo Galleries
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Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

Photo Gallery

Asa William Clapp (née Julia Margaretta Dearborn," Stephen Alonzo Schoff, engraving, 8 x 5 Portland Museum of Art. Vignettes, Art Museum, Original Art, History, Portrait, Drawings, Illustration, Artist, Historia
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Mrs. Asa William Clapp (née Julia Margaretta Dearborn, 1808-1867)

"Mrs. Asa William Clapp (née Julia Margaretta Dearborn," Stephen Alonzo Schoff, engraving, 8 3/8 x 5 3/8", Portland Museum of Art.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter - pretty easy on the ol' eyes! Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Bronte, Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes, Charles Osgood, The Scarlet Letter, Most Popular Books, Vincent Price, Writers And Poets, Portraits
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"Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne," Charles Osgood, 1840, oil on canvas, 29 1/2 x 24 1/2", Peabody Essex Museum.

"Daniel Webster," engraved by S. Schoff, after a painting by Chester Harding, published in Webster Works, (vol. Almost Always, Chester, Vignettes, Original Art, Portraits, Drawings, Illustration, Artist, Painting
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"Daniel Webster," engraved by S.A. Schoff, after a painting by Chester Harding, published in Webster Works, (vol. 4), 1851.

"Sugaring Off," Tompkins H. Matteson,, oil on canvas, 31 x Carnagie Museum of Art. Carnegie Museum Of Art, Art Museum, Sugaring, Almost Always, Historian, Vignettes, Oil On Canvas, Art Photography, Original Art
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"Sugaring Off," Tompkins H. Matteson,, oil on canvas, 31 x 42", Carnagie Museum of Art.

William Morris Hunt Sketch for the State Capitol at Albany (Discoverer) - The Largest Art reproductions Center In Our website. Low Wholesale Prices Great Pricing Quality Hand paintings for saleWilliam Morris Hunt Albany State, Almost Always, Museum Of Fine Arts, William Morris, Large Art, Art Reproductions, Vignettes, Art For Sale, Original Art
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Sketch for the State Capitol at Albany (Discoverer), William Morris Hunt, oil and graphite on paperboard mounted on Masonite, 15 x 35 5/8", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. One of Hunt's many preparatory sketches for the murals he painted in the Albany State House, which were lost due to shoddy construction of the building.