Object Number 1963.0060

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

THOMAS JEFFERSON/ President of the United States.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Cornelius Tiebout (Engraver)
c. 1773-1832

Rembrandt Peale (Painter)
02/22/1778-10/03/1860

Matthew Carey (Publisher)
01/28/1760-09/16/1839

Place of Origin

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

Date

February 20 1801 (1801-1801)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath border; R. Peale Pinx.\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath border; C. Tiebout Sculp.\t
3. Inscription; Bottom center beneath quotation; Philadelphia Published by M.Carey N.\o 118 Market S\t Feb. 20\th 1801

Subjects

Portrait; Declaration of Independence

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

15.2 (H) , 11.2 (W) , 10.6 (Image H) , 8.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.5 (H) , 28.4 (W) , 10.6 (Image H) , 8.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 13.4 in. (34.1 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 10.0 in. (25.3 cm).

Publisher Summary

Carey, Matthew

Publication Date

02/20/1801

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

Post horn surmounted with a "C"

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. 215, pp. 320-321.
[Book] Cunningham, Noble E. 1981 The Image of Thomas Jefferson in the Public Eye: Portraits for the People 1800-1908.
• Print listed as cat. no. 21, p. 150.