Object Number 1968.0394.020

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

JOEL BARLOW ESQ\R.

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

1813-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; Edwin sc.

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.9 (H) , 5.56 (W) , 4.9 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.7 (H) , 14.12 (W) , 4.9 (Image H) , 3.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at top. Print H: 8.3 in. (21.2 cm). Print W: 4.9 in. (12.5 cm). No plate marks.

Watermark

Lower left, possibly word in script, very faint; unidentified.

Object Description

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