Object Number 1968.0394.036

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Lord Byron

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.

Philip Price Jr. (Publisher)
Price Jr. published the weekly periodical, The Souvenir (Philadelphia: 1827-29). "Price P. jun., clock & watchmaker 147 Chestnut" is listed in Edward Dawes' Philadelphia Directory for 1817, p. 282. In 1816, he is listed as "Price, Phillip, jun. clock maker, &c. 147 Chestnut." In Robinson's Original Annual Directory for 1817..., p. 354, he is listed as "Price Philip, jun. clock maker, &c. 147 Chestnut and 35 South Fourth."

Place of Origin

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

Date

1813-1831

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Edwin sc.
2. Inscription; Center below image; Pub. by P.Price J.\r Philad.\a/ for the Casket

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Crayon manner engraved, Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.9 (H) , 5.72 (W) , 5.43 (Image H) , 4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20 (H) , 14.52 (W) , 5.43 (Image H) , 4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 7.1 in. (18.7 cm). Print W: 5.0 in. (12.8 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Price, Philip Jr.

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Object Description

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