Object Number 1968.0394.134

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

M\rs.. Harriet Newell.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

David Edwin (Engraver)
12//1776-02/22/1841
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.

William M. S. Doyle (Painter)
1769-1828
References: Arthur B. and Sybil B. Kern, "The Pastel Portraits of William B. Doyle," The Clarion 13 (Fall 1988): 41-47.

Leonard Woods (Author)
1774-1854

Samuel Turell Armstrong (Publisher)
04/29/1784-03/26/1850
In addition to his publishing activites, Armstrong became a major figure in Massachusetts politics beginning in the early 1820s when he was elected to the Massachusetts state house of representatives. He went on to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (1833-36), Governor (1835-36), and Mayor of Boston (1836).

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; W. Doyle pinx.\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; D. Edwin sc.
3. Inscription; Bottom center below title; Published by Samuel T Armstrong/ Printer and Bookseller/ N.\o 50 Cornhill Boston

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12 (H) , 9.6 (W) , 4.36 (Image H) , 2.63 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.6 (H) , 24.4 (W) , 4.36 (Image H) , 2.63 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 5.37 in. (13.65 cm). Print W: 3.0 in. (7.6 cm). No plate marks.

Publication Date

1814

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Frontispiece to Leonard Woods, A sermon preached at Haverhill, Mass., in remembrance of Mrs. Harriet Newell, wife of the Rev. Samuel Newell, missionary to India who died at the Isle of France, Nov. 30, 1812, aged 19 years; to which are added Memoirs of her life (Boston: Samuel T. Armstrong, 1814). Armstrong published four editions of this book in 1814 alone, unsure in which edition(s) this engraving appeared.

Object Description

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