Samuel Stillman Osgood
David Crockett

David Crockett

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David Crockett
ArtistAmerican, 1808–1885
PrinterAmerican, 1809–1864
PublisherPhiladelphia, 1833–1835
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • David Crockett
Datec. 1835
MediumLithograph printed on chine collé on white wove paper
DimensionsImage: 8 7/16 × 7 3/16 in. (21.4 × 18.3 cm)
 Sheet: 11 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (29.8 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Pat and Dee Osborne in memory of Miss Hogg’s longtime assistant, Jane Zivley, at "One Great Night in November, 2014"
Object numberB.2014.9
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis lithograph of Davy Crockett (1786–1836) was made after a painting by Samuel Osgood that was destroyed in the Texas capitol fire of 1881. Crockett had been impressed by Osgood’s portrait of Henry Clay, who was appointed Secretary of State by President John Quincy Adams in 1825. Several years later, Crockett agreed to have his portrait made by the same artist. Between 1833 and 1834, Crockett sat for at least six portraits by five different artists, but was most satisfied by Osgood’s likeness. Crockett served in both the Tennessee General Assembly and the United States Congress before his service in the Texas Revolution and ultimate demise in the Battle of the Alamo.
ProvenanceUnknown collection; [Old Print Shop, New York] as of 2014; purchased by MFAH, October 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, left: Painted by S.S. Osgood.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center: On Stone.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, right: Childs & Lehman Lithrs., Philadelphia.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below image, center bottom edge: DAVID CROCKETT.
Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below chine collé on white wove sheet, center: I am happy to acknowledge this to be / the only correct likeness that has been / taken of me. David Crockett. [cursive, lithographic facsimile]

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