Self Portrait
Alonzo Chappel
(March 1, 1828 - December 4, 1887)
Alonzo Chappel (March 1, 1828 - December 4, 1887) was born in New York City on March 1, 1828 to William P. and Maria Howes Chappel. The family resided at 165 The Bowery in lower Manhattan on property owned by Chappel's grandparents opposite the Old Bowery Theater.
William Chappel (1801-1878), a tinsmith of Huguenot descent, was a man of moderate means and unable to provide an extensive education for his two sons, Alonzo and George. However, from all indications he and Maria encouraged Alonzo's early efforts at portrait painting; at the age of nine, Alonzo reportedly contributed a portrait titled "The Father of His Country" to the American Institute Fair; by the age of twelve, he was regularly setting up his easel on the sidewalks of New York and charging $5.00 or $10.00 to execute a portrait of any willing passerby.
The Boston Massacre, 5th March 1770
George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, January 3rd 1777, from 'Life and Times of Washington', Volume I, 1857
Battle of the Wilderness, Attack at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia, 1865
Portrait of Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Battle of Bunker's Hill, 17th June 1775
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848)
First meeting of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, from 'Life and Times of Washington', Volume I, 1857
George Washington taking command of the Army, 1775, from 'Life and Times of Washington', Volume I, 1857
Portrait of John Adams (1735-1826)
Portrait of Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
Portrait of James Buchanan (1791-1868) 2
Francis Marion (1732-95)