Object Number 1968.0394.164

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

Samuel C. Atkinson (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1829-1830

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.
3. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Published by S.C. Atkinson for the Casket.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12.1 (H) , 9.63 (W) , 6.6 (Image H) , 4.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.7 (H) , 24.45 (W) , 6.6 (Image H) , 4.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at top. Print H: 8.6 in. (21.9 cm). Print W: 5.1 in. (12.9 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Atkinson, Samuel C.

Place of Publication

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

State

Probably a late state

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

lllustration probably from The Casket (Philadelphia: Samuel C. Atkinson, 1829-30). Volume and issue no. need to be identified. Atkinson and Charles Alexander first published The Casket: Flowers of Literature, Wit, and Sentiment in 1826. Atkinson continued its publication until 1840, changing the title twice during the 1830s, to Atkinson's Casket (1831-39) and The Casket and Philadelphia Monthy Magazine (1839).

Object Description

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