Print (Engraving)

Museum Object Number 1968.0395.010

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Title page from Thomas Cooper, Esq., The Emporium of Arts and Sciences, new series, vol. 1 (Philadelphia: Kimber and Richardson, 1815).

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

David Edwin (Engraver)

Thomas Cooper Esq. (Editor)

Kimber and Richardson (Publisher)

Gideon Fairman (Designer)

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.• He was a partner from 1810 to 1818 with George Murray and Draper in Philadelphia PA as MURRY, DRAPER, FAIRMAN & Co, where he specialized in banknote vignettes. 3 • Master to Charles Toppan about 1812 in Philadelphia PA. • He was a partner from 1819 to 1822 with Jacob Perkins in Philadelphia PA as PERKINS & FAIRMAN. He went to England where he resided and conducted the engraving business for three years before returning to Philadelphia. • He was a partner from 1824 to 1825 with Cephas G. Childs in Philadelphia PA • He was a partner from 1826 to 1827 with Draper, Underwood in Philadelphia PA fAIRMAN, DRAPER, UNDERWOOD & Co.

Date of Birth

12//1776175906/26/1774

Date of Death

02/22/1841183903/18/1827

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1813

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Des.\d by G. Fairman
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Edwin Sc.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; PHILADELPHIA/ Published by Kimber & Richardson/ 1813.

Subjects

Allegory

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved, Etched

Dimensions (inches)

8.9 (H) , 5.6 (W) , 6.37 (Image H) , 4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.5 (H) , 14.3 (W) , 6.37 (Image H) , 4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at bottom. Print H: 8.32 in. (21.13 cm). Print W: 5.07 in. (12.89 cm). Plate measurements not available.

Publisher Summary

Kimber and Richardson

Publication Date

1813

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Title page from Thomas Cooper, Esq., The Emporium of Arts and Sciences, new series, vol. 1 (Philadelphia: Kimber and Richardson, 1815).

Object Description

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