Print (Engraving)

  • Title:

    Hugh Blair, D. D.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Peter Maverick (Engraver)

    Hugh Blair (Author)

    Peter A. Johnson (Publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

    Newark, Essex, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Stipple engraved, Engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1966.0219.002


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1966.0219.002

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Hugh Blair, D. D.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Peter Maverick (Engraver)
10/22/1780-06/07/1831

Hugh Blair (Author)
04/07/1718-12/27/1800

Peter A. Johnson (Publisher)

Place of Origin

Newark, Essex, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; P. Maverick sc. Newark.

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.3 (H) , 4.9 (W) , 4.6 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21 (H) , 12.5 (W) , 4.6 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 7.4 in. (18.9 cm). Plate W: 4.6 in. (11.8 cm).

Edition Notes

Frontispiece from Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (Morristown, NJ: Peter A. Johnson, 1814). Stephens notes "Apparently also used in N. Y. edition by R. & W. Bartow." but no further information on that publication could be found.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Stephens, Stephen DeWitt. 1950 The Mavericks, American Engravers.
Listed under Peter Maverick, General Works, no. 368, p. 111.