Object Number 1968.0394.003

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

JOSEPH ADDISON ESQ\R.

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.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1797-1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; D. Edwin Sc.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.7 (H) , 3.68 (W) , 3.8 (Image H) , 2.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.4 (H) , 9.35 (W) , 3.8 (Image H) , 2.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 5.2 in. (13.3 cm). Print W: 3.1 in. (7.9 cm). No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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