Print (Engraving)

  • Title:

    M.\rs Cowper./ Mother of the Poet.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Peter Maverick (Engraver)

    John Theodore Heins the Elder (Painter)

  • Place of Origin:

    Newark, Essex, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1810-1814

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Stipple engraved, Engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1966.0214


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1966.0214

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

M.\rs Cowper./ Mother of the Poet.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Peter Maverick (Engraver)
10/22/1780-06/07/1831

John Theodore Heins the Elder (Painter)
1697-1756
Typically signed his works "D. Heins", "Heins fecit" or "Heins". Reason why and when name changed not known. Not listed in ULAN.

Place of Origin

Newark, Essex, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1810-1814

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; P. Maverick sculp
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; D. Heins pinx.

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.1 (H) , 4.7 (W) , 5.5 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.5 (H) , 11.9 (W) , 5.5 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Edition Notes

Portrait possibly made for William Cowper, Poems, 2 vols, (New York: David Huntington, 1814), but, according to Stephens, not found in situ.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Stephens, Stephen DeWitt. 1950 The Mavericks, American Engravers.
Listed under Peter Maverick, General Works, no. 466, pp. 120-21.