Object Number 2013.0024.001

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Title page from THE LITERARY SOUVENIR (Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838).

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Francis James Dallett

Creator (Role)

William E. Tucker (Engraver)
1801-1857
It is possible that William E. Tucker worked for the engraving establishment J. & W.W. Warr.

Cox (Painter)
Perhaps James Cox (1751-1834) active in Philadelphia.

William Evans Burton (Editor)
1802-1860

Carey & Hart (Publisher)
1829-1845

J. & W.W. Warr Sc. (Engraver)

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1838

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Upper center; EDITED BY WILLIAM E. BURTON.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Cox
3. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Tucker
4. Inscription; Lower center; PHILADELPHIA / E.L. CAREY AND A. HART.
5. Inscription; Lower center; J. & W.W. Warr Sc.

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove); Gilt

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

8.1 (H) , 5.4 (W) , 6.7 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.5 (H) , 13.7 (W) , 6.7 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark.

Publisher Summary

Carey & Hart

Publication Date

1838

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Title page from William E. Burton, The Literary Souvenir, a Christmas and New Year's Present for . . . (Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1838).

Object Description

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