Object Number 1968.0394.098

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

SAMUEL JOHNSON./ From the Original Picture/ in the Possession of James Boswell Esq.

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.

Sir Joshua Reynolds (Painter)
1723-1792

William Andrews and Lemuel Blake (Publisher)

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1807

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; D. Edwin sc.
2. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Boston Published by William Andrews & Lemuel Blake 1807.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12 (H) , 9.5 (W) , 7.06 (Image H) , 3.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.5 (H) , 24.2 (W) , 7.06 (Image H) , 3.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at center. Print H: 8.4 in. (21.3 cm). Print W: 4.8 in. (12.1 cm).

Publisher Summary

William Andrews and Lemuel Blake

Publication Date

1807

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

State

I

Watermark

none

Object Description

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