Object Number 1968.0394.163

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

BENJAMIN RUSH M.D.

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.

Thomas Sully (Painter)
06/19/1783-11/15/1872

Place of Origin

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

Date

1813-1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; PAINTED BY SULLY.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; ENGRAVED BY EDWIN.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12 (H) , 9.6 (W) , 5.76 (Image H) , 4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.6 (H) , 24.4 (W) , 5.76 (Image H) , 4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at bottom. Print H: 8.26 in. (20.98 cm). Print W: 4.94 in. (12.55 cm). No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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