Object Number 1968.0395.001

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

FRONTISPIECE.

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.

John James Barralet (Draftsman)
1747-1815

Place of Origin

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

Date

1805-1812

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Barralet del.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Edwin sc.

Subjects

Allegory; American Eagle

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.1 (H) , 4.4 (W) , 5.22 (Image H) , 3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18 (H) , 11.1 (W) , 5.22 (Image H) , 3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at bottom. Print H: 6.40 in. (16.26 cm). Print W: 3.7 in. (9.3 cm). No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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