Object Number 1968.0394.026

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

CHARLES BONNET, F.R.S.

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.

William W. Woodward (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; D.Edwin. sc.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by W.Woodward, Philad\a.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.7 (H) , 3.9 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 2.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.4 (H) , 9.8 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 2.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 4.99 in. (12.67 cm). Print W: 3.1 in. (8.0 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Woodward, William W.

Publication Date

1803

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Frontispiece from Charles Bonnet, Philosophical and critical inquiries concerning Christianity (Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1803).

Object Description

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