Object Number 1966.0203

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

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

Robert Smirke R.A. (Painter)
1752-1845

Place of Origin

Newark or New York, New Jersey or New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin may be Newark or New York. Maverick resided and worked outside of Newark, New Jersey, from 1809 until 1820, when he moved back to New York City.

Date

1810-1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Peter Maverick dirix.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; R. Smirke R.A. pinx

Subjects

Book illustration

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

6.2 (H) , 4.3 (W) , 5.9 (Image H) , 3.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.8 (H) , 10.9 (W) , 5.9 (Image H) , 3.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Edition Notes

From an unidentified publication of Arabian Nights.

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. 328, p. 107.