Print (Etching)

  • Title:

    (Congress Voting Independence)

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Edward Savage (Etcher)

    Robert Edge Pine (Painter)

    Massachusetts Historical Society (Publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1859-1859

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Etched with burin work, Stipple Etched, Stipple engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    2004.0068.024


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2004.0068.024

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

(Congress Voting Independence)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Frank Henry Sommer, Ph.D.

Creator (Role)

Edward Savage (Etcher)
11/26/1761-07/06/1817

Robert Edge Pine (Painter)
1742-11/19/1788

Massachusetts Historical Society (Publisher)
01/24/1791

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Print published in Boston.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Secondary Origin Notes

Savage engraved plate in Philadelphia.

Date

1859-1859

Subjects

Historical; Portrait; Declaration of Independence

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Etched with burin work, Stipple Etched, Stipple engraved

Dimensions (inches)

23.87 (H) , 29.93 (W) , 19 (Image H) , 28.75 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

60.64 (H) , 76.02 (W) , 19 (Image H) , 28.75 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 21.75 in. (55.25 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 27.6875 in. (70.32 cm).

Publisher Summary

Massachusetts Historical Society

Publication Date

1859

Place of Publication

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

State

I

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Dresser, Louisa. 1952 Congress Voting Independence, begun by R.E. Pine, completed by E. Savage. Art in America. 40 (4): 3.

[Article] Hart, Charles Henry. 1905 "The Congress Voting Independence:" A Painting by Robert Edge Pine and Edward Savage in the Hall of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 29: 14.
Not illustrated