Object Number 1968.0394.013

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Sir Samuel Auchmuty Kt.

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; Lower right beneath image; Edwin sc.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Crayon manner engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

9 (H) , 5.1 (W) , 6 (Image H) , 3.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.8 (H) , 13 (W) , 6 (Image H) , 3.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 8.5 in. (21.5 cm). Print W: 4.6 in. (11.7 cm). Plate H: 6.9 in. (17.5 cm). Plate W: 4.2 in. (10.6 cm).

Watermark

none

Object Description

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