Object Number 1966.0205

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Untitled ("Ninevah is utterly demolished so that it is difficult/ to know where it stood...")

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

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

Burney (Draftsman)
Perhaps is the same artist as: Burney, Edward Francis (British painter, illustrator, and printmaker, 1760-1848).

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

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

Date

1810-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; P. Maverick fc.\t
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Burney del.

Subjects

Allegory; Book illustration; Classical; Bible

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched

Dimensions (inches)

7.2 (H) , 4.1 (W) , 4.8 (Image H) , 2.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.2 (H) , 10.4 (W) , 4.8 (Image H) , 2.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 6.0 in. (15.2 cm). Plate W: 3.6 in. (9.1 cm).

Edition Notes

Frontispiece from volume one of an unidentified text or compilation, which contains Lucian's Charon.

Object Description

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