Object Number 1968.0394.099

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

JACOB JONES 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.

Rembrandt Peale (Painter)
02/22/1778-10/03/1860

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; Remb.\t Peale P.\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; D. Edwin sc.
3. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Engraved for the Analectic Magazine./ Entered according to Act of Congress.

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait; Military

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove); Paper (laid)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

12 (H) , 9.5 (W) , 6.01 (Image H) , 3.25 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30.5 (H) , 24.2 (W) , 6.01 (Image H) , 3.25 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH and OW at center. Print H: 6.9 in. (17.5 cm). Print W: 4.3 in. (10.9 cm). No plate marks.

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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