Object Number 1968.0394.046 A- C

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Title page and pages from THE POLYANTHOS (Boston: J.T. Buckingham, 1812-13).

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Joseph Tinker Buckingham (Publisher)
1779-1861

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

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

February 1813 (1812-1813)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center obverse of .46a ; Boston:/ Published by J. T. Buckingham./ __ 1812. __
2. Inscription; Center beneath image on reverse of .46a; Edwin sc.

Subjects

Portrait; Allegory

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved, Etched

Dimensions (inches)

8.4 (H) , 5.2 (W) , 4.86 (Image H) , 3.24 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.4 (H) , 13.1 (W) , 4.86 (Image H) , 3.24 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Measurements taken of .46a obverse. OH at left. OW at top. Print H: 7.78 in. (19.75 cm). Print W: 4.5 in. (11.5 cm). Plate H: 7.4 in. (18.8 cm). Plate W not available.

Publisher Summary

Buckingham, Joseph Tinker

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

J.T. Buckingham, ed., The Polyanthos (Boston: by the editor, 1805-14). Print .46a is taken from the new series, vol. 1 (February 1812) - vol. 2 (June/Sept. 1812). Prints .46b,c are taken from the third series, vol. 1 (October 1812) - vol. 4 (April 1814).

Object Description

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