Object Number 1968.0394.035

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Lord Byron

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.

Moses Thomas (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1813-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Edwin sc.
2. Inscription; Center below legend; Engraved for the Analectic Magazine - - - Published by M. Thomas.

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait; Literature

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Crayon manner engraved, Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.84 (H) , 5.6 (W) , 5.7 (Image H) , 4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.46 (H) , 14.1 (W) , 5.7 (Image H) , 4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at bottom. Print H: 8.1 in. (20.7 cm). Print W: 4.77 in. (12.11 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Thomas, Moses

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Published in The Analectic Magazine (Philadelphia: M. Thomas, 1813-20). Need to find volume and issue no.

Object Description

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