1968.0394.014 Print
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Print (Engraving)

  • Title:

    W.BAINBRIDGE ESQ\R. U.S.N.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    David Edwin (Engraver)

    Gilbert Stuart (Painter)

    Francis Kearney (Draftsman and engraver)

    Moses Thomas (Publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1813-1820

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Stipple engraved, Line engraved, Copperplate Engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1968.0394.014


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Object Number

1968.0394.014

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

W.BAINBRIDGE ESQ\R. U.S.N.

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.

Gilbert Stuart (Painter)
12/03/1755-07/09/1828
References: Barratt and Miles, Gilbert Stuart (New York & New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, c2004).

Francis Kearney (Draftsman and engraver)
1785-1837
Francis Kearney (1785–1837), a.k.a. Francis Kearny, was an American engraver and lithographer, active in Philadelphia and New York. He was born and died in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Kearney

Moses Thomas (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1813-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath top image; Stuart Pinx.\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath top image; Edwin Sculp.\t
3. Inscription; Center beneath bottom image; Kearney del.\t et sculp.\t
4. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by M. Thomas PHIL.\A

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait; Military; Seascape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved, Copperplate Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.6 (H) , 5.28 (W) , 7.48 (Image H) , 3.87 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.8 (H) , 13.42 (W) , 7.48 (Image H) , 3.87 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at top. Print H: 8.0 in. (20.3 cm). Print W: 4.7 in. (11.9 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Thomas, Moses

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Probably published in The Analectic Magazine (Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1813-20). Need to find vol. and issue no.

Object Description

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