Object Number 1968.0394.083

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

GESSNER. (Solomon Gessner)

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

Date

1801-1817

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Right of center beneath image; Edwin sc.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by R.Johnson.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.04 (H) , 4.23 (W) , 4.31 (Image H) , 2.42 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

17.89 (H) , 10.75 (W) , 4.31 (Image H) , 2.42 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH at right. OW at top. Print H: 6.4 in. (16.2 cm). Print W: 3.6 in. (9.1 cm). Plate H: 5.4 in. (13.7 cm). Plate W not available.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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