John Chester Buttre

J. C. Buttre
Self-portrait
Born(1821-06-10)June 10, 1821
DiedDecember 2, 1893(1893-12-02) (aged 72)
Occupation(s)Steel-plate engraver, lithographer
ChildrenLillian C. Buttre
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John Chester Buttre (June 10, 1821 – December 2, 1893), was an American steel-plate engraver and lithographer, responsible for some 3,000 engraved portraits of American political, naval and military personalities. He published The American Portrait Gallery in three volumes (1880–81) with text by his daughter, Lillian C. Buttre.

The Happy Days of Childhood (1871) by Buttre