Object Number 1968.0394.064

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

STEPHEN DECATUR ESQ\R./ of the United States Navy.

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).

Moses Thomas (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1815-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; G.Stuart.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; D.Edwin.
3. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Engrav'd for the Analectic Magazine.

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait; Military

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.02 (H) , 4.8 (W) , 5.6 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.36 (H) , 12.1 (W) , 5.6 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at top. Print H: 7.38 in. (18.75 cm). Print W: 4.14 in. (10.51 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

Published in The Analectic Magazine (Philadelphia: M. Thomas, 1813-20). Need to find volume and issue no.

Object Description

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