Object Number 1968.0394.135

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Sir Isaac Newton

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.

Sir Godfrey Kneller (Painter)
1646-1743

Joseph Delaplaine (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1812-1813

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; D. Edwin sc.
2. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Emporium of Arts & Sciences

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Crayon manner engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12 (H) , 9.6 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 3.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.6 (H) , 24.3 (W) , 5 (Image H) , 3.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at top. Print H: 8.2 in. (20.9 cm). Print W: 4.9 in. (12.4 cm). Plate H: 7.1 in. (18.0 cm). Plate W: 4.6 in. (11.6 cm).

Publisher Summary

Delaplaine, Joseph

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Illustration from John Redman Coxe, ed., The Emporium of Arts and Sciences (Philadelphia: J. Delaplaine, May 1812-April 1813). Volume and issue no. need to be identified.

Object Description

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