Alonzo Chappel
Alonzo Chappel
Born	(1828-03-01)March 1, 1828 New York City, U.S.
Died	December 4, 1887(1887-12-04) (aged 59) Middle Island, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	painter

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 and early 19th-century American history.

Chappel was born in New York City and died in Middle Island, New York.^[1]

His 1857 painting Enlisting Foreign Officers is in the collection of the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia.^[2]

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.^[3]

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  John Smith Saved by Pocahontas. C. 1865
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  Declaration of Independence, 1857 engraving
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  Boston Massacre. 1878
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  Battle of Long Island. 1858
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  Battle of Wyoming. 1858
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  Battle of Tippecanoe. C. 1879
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  Patrick Henry Addressing the Virginia Assembly. 1867

Media related to Alonzo Chappel at Wikimedia Commons

• 166 works by Alonzo Chappel
• Alonzo Chappel's work in Spencer’s History of the United States, 1858

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