1968.0394.002 Print
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Print (Engraving)

  • Title:

    Sir Ralph Abercrombie.

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    David Edwin (Engraver)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1797-1831

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Stipple engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1968.0394.002


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Object Number

1968.0394.002

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Sir Ralph Abercrombie.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

David Edwin (Engraver)
12//1776-02/22/1841
References: Appleton's Cylcopedia of American Biography; Groce and Wallace, Artists in America, 1564-1860 (1957). Edwin executed hundreds of stipple-engraved portraits of famous persons. See 68.394.1-.217.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1797-1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; D. Edwin Fecit.

Subjects

Portrait; Military

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.9 (H) , 5.78 (W) , 5.8 (Image H) , 3.79 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.6 (H) , 14.69 (W) , 5.8 (Image H) , 3.79 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 8.39 in. (21.32 cm). Print W: 4.92 in. (12.49 cm). No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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