Object Number 1968.0394.007

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

REV. BENJAMIN ALLEN

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.

Brewster (Painter)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1797-1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Brewster Pinxt.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Edwin sc.

Subjects

Portrait; Clergy

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.83 (H) , 4.83 (W) , 5.7 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

19.89 (H) , 12.26 (W) , 5.7 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at bottom. Print H: 7.22 in. (18.34 cm). Print W: 4.3 in. (10.9 cm). No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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