Print (Engraving)

  • Title:

    Title page and frontispiece from The Miscellaneous Poems of Alexander Pope, Esq. with the life of the author, vol. 2 (Baltimore: Neal, Wills and Cole, 1814).

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    David Edwin (Engraver)

    William Hoare (Artist)

    Alexander Pope (Author)

    Neal, Wills and Cole (Publisher)

    Benjamin Edes (Printer)

  • Place of Origin:

    Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1814

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Crayon manner engraved, Line engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1968.0394.150


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1968.0394.150

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Title page and frontispiece from The Miscellaneous Poems of Alexander Pope, Esq. with the life of the author, vol. 2 (Baltimore: Neal, Wills and Cole, 1814).

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 Hoare (Artist)
c.1707-1792

Alexander Pope (Author)
1688-1744

Neal, Wills and Cole (Publisher)

Benjamin Edes (Printer)-1832
Benjamin Edes was the grandson and namesake of the Boston printer and revolutionary, Benjamin Edes (1732-1803), who co-founded and published the Boston Gazette and Country Journal. The Star-Spangled Banner is said to have been printed at the younger Edes printing office at the corner of Baltimore and Gay Streets on the morning of September 15, 1814.

Place of Origin

Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1814

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center on obverse; BALTIMORE: PUBLISHED BY NEAL, WILLS & COLE./ Benja. Edes, Printer./ 1814.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image on reverse; Edwin.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Crayon manner engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12 (H) , 9.6 (W) , 3.9 (Image H) , 2.26 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.5 (H) , 24.4 (W) , 3.9 (Image H) , 2.26 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken of reverse. OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 4.99 in. (12.68 cm). Print W: 2.5 in. (6.3 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Neal, Wills and Cole

Publication Date

1814

Place of Publication

Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Title page and frontispiece from The Miscellaneous Poems of Alexander Pope, Esq. with the life of the author, vol. 2 (Baltimore: Neal, Wills and Cole, 1814).

Object Description

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