Alexander Wilson/ Author of the American Ornithology.
Prints and Maps
David Edwin (Engraver)
Rembrandt Peale (Painter)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1808-1831
Ink; Paper (wove)
Stipple engraved, Line engraved
1968.0394.209
Object Number1968.0394.209 |
Print (Engraving)
Alexander Wilson/ Author of the American Ornithology.
Prints and Maps
Museum purchase
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
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1808-1831
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Peale Pinx.\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; D.Edwin Sc.\t
Portrait
Ink; Paper (wove)
Stipple engraved, Line engraved
12.04 (H) , 9.5 (W) , 5.3 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)
30.57 (H) , 24.1 (W) , 5.3 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)
OH near right. OW near bottom. Print H: 7.6 in. (19.3 cm). Print W: 4.53 in. (11.51 cm). No plate marks.
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