Print (Aquatint)

Museum Object Number 1957.0809 A

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

BRILLIANT NAVAL VICTORY,...

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Samuel Seymour (Draftsman, aquatinter and etcher)

J. Pierie & F. Kearney (Publisher)

Date of Death

1822

Place of Origin

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

Date

1812

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Seymour delin sculp.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; Philadelphia Published by J. Pierie & F. Kearney 1812.

Subjects

Maritime; Naval history; Seascape; Military; War of 1812

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Line Etched with burin work, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

14 (H) , 17.9 (W) , 11.8 (Image H) , 16.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.5 (H) , 45.5 (W) , 11.8 (Image H) , 16.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H not available, trimmed within plate mark. Plate W (at bottom) 17.5 in. (44.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

J. Pierie & F. Kearney

Publication Date

1812

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

Bottom left corner: "T G & Co"

Edition Notes

Watermark of Thomas Gilpin & Company (Gilpin Paper Mill).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 310, pp. 441-3.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 75, p. 35.
[Book] Fielding, Mantle. 1917 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel: Biographical Sketches and Check-Lists of Engravings. A Supplement to David McNeely Stauffer's American Engravers.
• Print listed as no. 1428, p. 245.