Object Number 1982.0025

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

LAUNCH OF THE STEAM FRIGATE FULTON THE FIRST, AT NEW YORK, 29.\TH OCT.\R 1814.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John James Barralet (Draftsman)
1747-1815

William Henry Morgan (Draftsman)
No additional information could be found about this individual at this time. (LBS; 04/06/2006).

Benjamin Tanner (Engraver and publisher)
03/27/1775-1848
References: Appleton's Encyclopedia.

Place of Origin

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

Date

March 27 1815 (1815-1815)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Drawn by J. J. Barralet, from a Sketch by Morgan, taken on the spot.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; B. Tanner, direx.\t
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Philadelphia; Published 27.\th March 1815 by B. Tanner N.\o 74 South 8\th S.\t

Subjects

Historical

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

11.75 (H) , 15.7 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 14.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

29.8 (H) , 40 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 14.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements by sight, in frame. H at left. W at bottom. Plate marks not visible. No conservation file.

Publisher Summary

Tanner, Benjamin

Publication Date

03/27/1815

Place of Publication

No. 27, South 8th Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

State

I

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Déak, Gloria-Gilda. 1998 Picturing America, 1497-1899: prints, maps and drawings bearing on the New World discoveries and on the development of the territory that is now part of the United States. 2 vols.
• See Déak 289.