Print (Engraving)

  • Title:

    The Virgin Mary & Child.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    David Edwin (Engraver)

    Raphael (Painter)

    Collins and Co. (Printer and bookseller)

  • Place of Origin:

    New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1814

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Stipple engraved, Line engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1968.0395.013


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1968.0395.013

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

The Virgin Mary & Child.

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.

Raphael (Painter)
1483-1520

Collins and Co. (Printer and bookseller)
c. 1810-c. 1820

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Date

1814

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top center above image; ENGRAVED FOR COLLINS'S QUARTO BIBLE THIRD EDITION 1814.
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Raphael Pinxt.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; D. Edwin sc.

Subjects

Religious imagery

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

11.4 (H) , 8.82 (W) , 6.9 (Image H) , 4.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

27.8 (H) , 20.8 (W) , 6.9 (Image H) , 4.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 10.6 in. (26.9 cm). Print W: 7.8 in. (19.7 cm). Plate W: 10.8 in. (27.5 cm). Plate W not available.

Publisher Summary

Collins and Co.

Publication Date

1814

Place of Publication

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

"COLLINS'S QUARTO BIBLE THIRD EDITION 1814" probably refers to The Holy Bible; containing the Old and New Testaments; together with the Apocrypha, 3rd ed. (New York: Collins and Co., 1814).

Object Description

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