Object Number 1968.0394.015

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE ESQ\R./ of the United States Navy.

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.

Gilbert Stuart (Painter)
12/03/1755-07/09/1828
References: Barratt and Miles, Gilbert Stuart (New York & New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, c2004).

Moses Thomas (Publisher)

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; Stuart Pinx.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Edwin sc.
3. Inscription; Bottom center below legend; Engraved for Analectic Magazine./ Entered according to act of Congress

Subjects

Book illustration; Portrait; Military

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.94 (H) , 5.1 (W) , 6.9 (Image H) , 3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.72 (H) , 13 (W) , 6.9 (Image H) , 3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at bottom. Print H: 8.41 in. (21.37 cm). Print W: 4.51 in. (11.45 cm). No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Thomas, Moses

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Published in The Analectic Magazine (Philadelphia: 1813-20). Need to find vol. and issue no.

Object Description

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