Object Number 1966.0242

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Frontispiece from Homer, The Odyssey, trans. by Alexander Pope, vol 2. (New York: William Durell, 1809).

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

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

John Thurston (Draftsman)
1744-1822

William Durell & Co. (Publisher)
1808-1813

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin is either New York, New York, or Newark, New Jersey. Maverick moved from New York to a farm outside of Newark in the fall of 1809.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Date

1809

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; P. Maverick sc.
2. Inscription; Lower left; J. Thurston del.
3. Inscription; Lower center; Published by W. Durell. 1809.

Subjects

Book illustration; Literary scene

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7 (H) , 4.2 (W) , 4 (Image H) , 2.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.7 (H) , 10.6 (W) , 4 (Image H) , 2.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 6.0 in. (15.2 cm). Plate W: 3.9 in. (9.9 cm).

Publisher Summary

William Durell & Co.

Publication Date

1809

Place of Publication

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

State

II

Edition Notes

Frontispiece from volume two of Homer, The Odyssey, trans. by Alexander Pope, 2 vols. (New York: William Durell, 1812). Stephens notes that "Some of these items may have been made for an earlier edition." However, Durell's 1808 edition featured "wood cuts, newly designed and engraved by A. Anderson."

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. 552b, pp. 129-30.