Object Number 1968.0394.162

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

BENJAMIN RUSH M.D.

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.

Thomas Sully (Painter)
06/19/1783-11/15/1872

Joseph Delaplaine (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1813

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; PAINTED BY SULLY.
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; PUBLISH'D BY JOSEPH DELAPLAINE S.W. CORNER OF CHESNUT & SEVENTH S\TS. PHILAD\A. 1813.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; ENGRAVED BY EDWIN.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12 (H) , 9.5 (W) , 5.8 (Image H) , 4.13 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.6 (H) , 24.2 (W) , 5.8 (Image H) , 4.13 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at bottom. Print H: 6.64 in. (16.87 cm). Print W: 4.2 in. (10.7 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Delaplaine, Joseph

Publication Date

1813

Place of Publication

SW Corner of Chestnut and Seventh Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States

State

I

Watermark

none

Object Description

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