Object Number 1968.0394.090

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

ISSAC HULL 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

1813-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; G. Stuart Pinx\t.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; D. Edwin sc.
3. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Engraved for the Analectic Magazine

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait; Military

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.65 (H) , 5.3 (W) , 5.4 (Image H) , 3.05 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.98 (H) , 13.4 (W) , 5.4 (Image H) , 3.05 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at bottom. Print H: 8.0 in. (20.3 cm). Print W: 4.67 in. (11.85 cm). Plate marks not available.

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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