Object Number 1968.0394.024

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

D\R.BLACKMORE.

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.

Robert Johnson (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center beneath image; D.edwin sc.
2. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Published by R. Johnson.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

6.79 (H) , 4.4 (W) , 3.88 (Image H) , 2.47 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.25 (H) , 11.1 (W) , 3.88 (Image H) , 2.47 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 6.19 in. (15.73 cm). Print W: 3.81 in. (9.68 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Johnson, Robert

Publication Date

1806

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Frontispiece from Sir Richard Blackmore, Creation: a philosophical poem, in seven books (Philadelphia: Robert Johnson, 1806).

Object Description

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