Object Number 1968.0394.023

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

CAPT. NICHOLAS BIDDLE.

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 sc.

Subjects

Portrait; Military

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.56 (H) , 4.94 (W) , 4.85 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.73 (H) , 12.55 (W) , 4.85 (Image H) , 3.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 8.0 in. (20.4 cm). Print W: 4.3 in. (11.0 cm). No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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