Print (Engraving)

  • Title:

    Eulogium Sacred to the Memory of the ILLUSTRIOUS George Washington, COLUMBIA's Great and Successful Son: Honored be his Name.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    Peter Maverick (Engraver)

    Benjamin Owen Tyler (Designer and publisher)

  • Place of Origin:

    New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Secondary Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1815

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Engraved, Etched, Stipple engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1976.0094


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1976.0094

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Eulogium Sacred to the Memory of the ILLUSTRIOUS George Washington, COLUMBIA's Great and Successful Son: Honored be his Name.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

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

Benjamin Owen Tyler (Designer and publisher)
09/24/1789
Tyler was a writing master who advertised as a "Professor of Pennmanship" in New York City. He was also the first person to make a fascimile of the Declaration of Independence (1815-1818).

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Tyler designed and published print in New York City.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Secondary Origin Notes

Maverick engraved plate in Newark.

Date

1815

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left and right corners; DESIGNED/ Written/ AND/ PUBLISHED/ by/ BENJAMIN O. TYLER,/ Professor of Penmanship,/ NEW YORK,/ 1815.
2. Inscription; Bottom left and right of center; Engraved by P. Maverick, Newark, N. Jersey.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Penmanship in all the Ancient and Modern hands Taught on an improved System (entirely his own) by Benj.\n Owen Tyler, at N.\o 126 Broadway opposite City Hotel, N.York.

Subjects

George Washington; Political figure

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Stipple engraved

Dimensions (inches)

17.75 (H) , 22.8 (W) , 16.1 (Image H) , 20.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

45.085 (H) , 57.9 (W) , 16.1 (Image H) , 20.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 17.0 in (43.2 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 21.9 in. (55.5 cm).

Publisher Summary

Tyler, Benjamin Owen

Publication Date

1815

Place of Publication

No. 126 Broadway, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Object Description

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