Object Number 1968.0394.001

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

James Abercrombie D.D.

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.

Benjamin Trott (Artist)
c. 1770-1843

Place of Origin

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

Date

1810-1815

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Trott del.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Edwin sc.

Subjects

Portrait; Clergy

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.8 (H) , 5.4 (W) , 4.2 (Image H) , 2.67 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.3 (H) , 13.8 (W) , 4.2 (Image H) , 2.67 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH and OW. Print H: 8.3 in. (21.0 cm). Print W: 4.89 in. (12.42). No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Biddle, Edward & Fielding, Mantle. 1921 The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872).
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[Thesis] Verplanck, Anne. 1990 Benjamin Trott: miniature painter. M.A. College of William and Mary American Studies
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