Millard Fillmore

Art Historical Context

In 1850, as Millard Fillmore ascended to the U.S. Presidency following Zachary Taylor's sudden death, artist Charles G. Crehen captured his likeness in this evocative print. Crehen, a mid-19th-century engraver active from the 1820s to around 1900, specialized in portraits that brought prominent figures to the public eye. Depicting Fillmore seated in a chair with a distinctive bowtie, the image reflects the formal portraiture style of the era, emphasizing dignity and authority befitting a New York lawyer, vice president, and brief chancellor of the University of Buffalo. This print holds histo...