Object Number 1973.0256

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

ELIAS BOUDINOT L.L.D.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Asher Brown Durand (Engraver)
1796-1886

Samuel Lovett Waldo (Painter)
04/06/1783-02/16/1861
References: The New-York Historical Society, Dictionary of Artists in America.

William Jewett (Painter)
c. 1789-1874

E. Huntington (Publisher)

Place of Origin

Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Printed by E. Huntington in Hartford.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Secondary Origin Notes

Durand's engraving was made in New York City.

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Painted by Waldo & Jewett.
2. Inscription; Center beneath image; Copy Right secured April 30 1822
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Engraved by A.B. Durand.
4. Inscription; Bottom center; PUBLISHED BY E. HUNTINGTON, HARTFORD: 1825.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Line engraved

Construction Description

Dot-and-lozenge style crosshatching in face. Previously catalogued with note: "Negative image of engraved line on reverse suggests that Durand may have steel faced the copperplate on which this design was engraved."

Dimensions (inches)

19.73 (H) , 14.1 (W) , 14.3 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

50.11 (H) , 35.9 (W) , 14.3 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at center. OW above center. Plate H: 16.5 in. (41.9 cm). Plate W: 12.6 in. (32.1 cm),

Publisher Summary

Huntington, E.

Publication Date

1825

Place of Publication

Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

State

I

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 190, p. 293.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 559, p. 97.