Box (Tobacco box)

Museum Object Number 1958.2862 A, B

Object Name

Box (Tobacco box)

Title

JACOB JONES ESQ\R./ of the United States Navy.

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

David Edwin (Engraver)

Rembrandt Peale (Painter)

Creator Notes

References: Appleton's Cylcopedia of American Biography; Groce and Wallace, Artists in America, 1564-1860 (1957). Edwin executed hundreds of stipple-engraved portraits of famous persons. See 68.394.1-.217.

Date of Birth

12//177602/22/1778

Date of Death

02/22/184110/03/1860

Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Origin England or United States.

Date

1814-1830

Subjects

Military; Portrait

Materials

Paint; Lacquer; Ink; Paper; Varnish; Papier-mache

Techniques

Stipple Engraving, Engraving, Painted, Lacquered

Dimensions (inches)

0.75 (H) , 3.31 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.9 (H) , 8.4 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH and ODiam with cover.

Object Description

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