Print (Engraving)

  • Title:

    Untitled (William Cliffton)

  • Category:

    Prints and Maps

  • Creator (Role):

    David Edwin (Engraver)

    Robert Field (Painter)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1813-1820

  • Materials:

    Ink; Paper (wove)

  • Techniques:

    Stipple engraved, Line engraved

  • Museum Object Number:

    1968.0394.044


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1968.0394.044

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Untitled (William Cliffton)

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 Field (Painter)
c. 1769-1819

Place of Origin

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

Date

1813-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Field pinx\t.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; D. Edwin sc.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

6.6 (H) , 3.94 (W) , 3.44 (Image H) , 2.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

16.7 (H) , 10.02 (W) , 3.44 (Image H) , 2.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at top. Print H: 5.9 in. (15.1 cm). Print W: 3.30 in. (8.37 cm). No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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