Copy of the Medal presented by Congress to/ Commodore Preble.
Prints and Maps
David Edwin (Engraver)
Alexander Lawson (Engraver)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1805-1831
Ink; Paper (wove)
Stipple engraved, Line engraved
1968.0394.152
Object Number1968.0394.152 |
Print (Engraving)
Copy of the Medal presented by Congress to/ Commodore Preble.
Prints and Maps
Museum purchase
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.
Alexander Lawson (Engraver)
1773-1846
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1805-1831
1. Inscription; Lower right beneath top image; Edwin. sc.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath bottom image; Lawson. sc.
Portrait; Military; Naval history; Seascape
Ink; Paper (wove)
Stipple engraved, Line engraved
11.99 (H) , 9.58 (W) , 5.62 (Image H) , 3.63 (Image W)
30.45 (H) , 24.33 (W) , 5.62 (Image H) , 3.63 (Image W)
OH at left. OW near top. Print H: 8.6 in. (21.9 cm). Print W: 4.8 in. (12.1 cm). No plate marks.
Partial at upper right corner: "TG & C" (upside down); unidentified
Text available soon.