Object Number 1968.0394.005

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

ANACREON.

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.

Hugh Maxwell (Publisher)
12/07/1777-11/01/1860

Place of Origin

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

Date

1804

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; D. Edwin Sc.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by H. Maxwell, Philadelphia.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved

Dimensions (inches)

11.9 (H) , 9.6 (W) , 4.55 (Image H) , 1.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.3 (H) , 24.4 (W) , 4.55 (Image H) , 1.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 7.6 in. (19.4 cm). Print W: 4.39 in. (11.15 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Maxwell, Hugh

Publication Date

1804

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, North America, United States

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Frontispiece from Thomas Moore, Anacreon (H. Maxwell: Philadelphia, 1804).

Object Description

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