Object Number 1968.0394.009

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

AMERICAN GENERALS.

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.

Charles Willson Peale (Artist)
04/15/1741-02/22/1827

Place of Origin

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

Date

1797-1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Portraits by Peale.
2. Inscription; Lower lright beneath image; D. Edwin sc.

Subjects

Portrait; Military

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Etched, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

9.1 (H) , 5.7 (W) , 7.7 (Image H) , 4.56 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23.2 (H) , 14.6 (W) , 7.7 (Image H) , 4.56 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at bottom. Print H: 8.6 in. (21.8 cm). Print W: 5.18 in. (13.16 cm). Plate marks not available.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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