Object Number 2013.0024.004

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

MAY DACRE 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.

Davis (Painter)

D. Stevens (Printer)

Carey & Hart
1829-1845

Place of Origin

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

Date

1838

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Tucker
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Davis
3. Inscription; Lower right; Printed by Stevens

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove); Gilt

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Gilded, intaglio, Steel Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

8.1 (H) , 5.2 (W) , 3.3 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.5 (H) , 13.3 (W) , 3.3 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Platemark not visible.

Publisher Summary

Carey & Hart

Publication Date

1838

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

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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