Alonzo Chappel (March 1, 1828 – December 4, 1887) was an American historical painter whose ancestors were French Huguenot. He is best known for paintings depicting personalities and events from the
American Revolution
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and early 19th-century American history.
Biography
Chappel was born in
New York City
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and died in
Middle Island, New York.
His 1857 painting ''Enlisting Foreign Officers'' is in the collection of the
Museum of the American Revolution in
Philadelphia
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.
Many of his paintings appear in the ''History of the United States of America,'' by J. A. Spencer. For example, the painting ''Drafting The Declaration of Independence'' is an engraving done in 1857.
Gallery of Chappel's works
File:John Smith Saved by Pocahontas.jpg, '' John Smith Saved by Pocahontas
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.'' C. 1865
File:Alonzo Chappel - Declaration of Independence, 1857 engraving.jpg, Declaration of Independence
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, 1857 engraving
File:BostonMassacre byAlonzoChappel1878.png, ''Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation, on March 5, 1770, during the American Revolution in Boston in what was then the colonial-era Province of Massachusetts Bay.
In the confrontati ...
.'' 1878
File:Battleoflongisland.jpg, ''Battle of Long Island
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.'' 1858
File:ChappelWyomingMassacre.jpg, ''Battle of Wyoming
The Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, was a military engagement during the American Revolutionary War between Patriot militia and a force of Loyalist soldiers and Iroquois warriors. The battle took place in the Wyoming Val ...
.'' 1858
File:Tippecanoe.jpg, ''Battle of Tippecanoe
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.'' C. 1879
File:Patrick Henry Addressing the Virginia Assembly. 1765. Engraving attributed to H. B. Hall after Alonzo Chappel, published - NARA - 535746.tif, '' Addressing the Virginia Assembly
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.'' 1867
References
External links
166 works by Alonzo ChappelAlonzo Chappel's work in Spencer’s ''History of the United States'', 1858
19th-century American painters
American male painters
American portrait painters
1828 births
1887 deaths
Painters from New York City
19th-century American war artists
19th-century American male artists
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