Object Number 1959.0072

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

GEN. MARION IN HIS SWAMP ENCAMPMENT INVITING A BRITISH OFFICER TO DINNER.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Sartain (Mezzotinter)
1808-1897
Also founded and published Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art (Jan. 1849-Aug. 1852). Thought to have produced as many as 1500 plates.

John Blake White (Painter)
09/02/1781-08/24/1859

George S. Appleton (Publisher)

J. Dalton (Printer)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1835-1855

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Engraved by John Sartain.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Painted by John B. White, Charleston, S.C.
3. Inscription; Lower center; PUBLISHED BY GEO S APPLETON FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE FINE ARTS IN THE U.S.
4. Inscription; Lower right; PRINTED BY J. DALTON.

Subjects

Historical; Landscape; Military

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Etched, Engraving, Stipple Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

18.3 (H) , 22.2 (W) , 17.7 (Image H) , 20.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

46.4 (H) , 56.4 (W) , 17.7 (Image H) , 20.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Appleton, George S.

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

None

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. 313, pp. 445-446.