Object Number 2002.0020.002 A

Object Name

Tool (for fine art) (Steel plate)

Title

Untitled (Charles Sidney Coxe)

Category

Tools

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Weld Coxe

Creator (Role)

John Sartain (Mezzotinter)
1808-1897
Also founded and published Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art (Jan. 1849-Aug. 1852). Thought to have produced as many as 1500 plates.

Henry Inman (Painter)
10/28/1801-01/17/1846

John Sellers & Sons (Plate maker)
1820-1953
This firm appears to have specialized in straight-edge razors, but also made other steel objects, including knives and steel plates for engravings.

Place of Origin

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

Secondary Place of Origin

Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1884

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; PAINTED BY HENRY INMAN, 1832
2. Inscription; Lower left; ON STEEL BY JOHN SARTAIN, 1884
3. Inscription; Top center on reverse; JOHN SELLERS & SON / SHEFFIELD

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Iron

Techniques

Mezzotint

Dimensions (inches)

14.1 (H) , 9.1 (W) , 9.3 (Image H) , 7.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.8 (H) , 23.1 (W) , 9.3 (Image H) , 7.8 (Image W)

Object Description

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