Object Number 1968.0394.031

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

R\t.. Hon\ble.. Edmund Burke

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.

Charles P. Harrison (Printer)
1783-1854

Place of Origin

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

Date

1805-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; D.Edwin sc.
2. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Printed by C.P. Harrison

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.2 (H) , 5.5 (W) , 4.8 (Image H) , 3.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.3 (H) , 13.9 (W) , 4.8 (Image H) , 3.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at top. Print H: 6.6 in. (16.7 cm). Print W: 4.86 in. (12.35 cm). Right and bottom plate marks not available.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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