Object Number 1974.0235

Object Name

Print (Stipple engraving)

Title

THIS REPRESENTATION OF PETER FRANCISCOS GALLANT ACTION WITH NINE OF TARLETONS CAVALRY IN SIGHT OF A TROOP OF FOUR HUNDRED MEN/ Took place in Amelia County Viriginia 1781 Is repectfully inscribed to Him by James Webster and James Warrell.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

James Warrell (Designer)
c. 1780

John James Barralet (Draftsman)
1747-1815

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.

James Webster (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

December 1 1814 (1814-1814)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Design'd by Warrell Drawn by Barralett
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Engraved by D. Edwin.
3. Inscription; Bottom left of center; Published Dec\r 1 1814 by James Webster
4. Inscription; Bottom right of center; Entered according to Act of Congress the 1\st day of December 1814 by James Webster of the State of Pennsylvania

Subjects

Historical; George Washington; Political figure

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Stipple Etched, Line Etched

Dimensions (inches)

23.43 (H) , 29.86 (W) , 19.9 (Image H) , 26.09 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

59.52 (H) , 75.85 (W) , 19.9 (Image H) , 26.09 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at right): 21.9 in. (55.7 cm). Plate W (at top): 29.68 in. (75.38 cm).

Publisher Summary

Webster, James

Publication Date

12/01/1814

Place of Publication

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

State

I

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Brilliant impression.

Object Description

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