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Print (Mezzotint)
Cottonus Matherus (Cotton Mather)
Peter Pelham, Joseph Sabin
1860-1870
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Peter Pelham (Painter and mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1963.0635
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1963.0635
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
Cottonus Matherus (Cotton Mather)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Peter Pelham (Painter and mezzotinter); Joseph Sabin (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Date
1860-1870
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right
Inscription: P.Pelham ad vivum pinxit ab Origin. Fecit et excud.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Clergy
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
13.6 (H) x 9.7 (W) x 11.9 (Image H) x 9.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
34.5 (H) x 24.7 (W) x 30.3 (Image H) x 24.7 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Trimmed within plate marks. Chain intervals: 2.6-2.8 cm; 8 laid lines per cm.
Edition State
Restrike
Edition Watermark
J WHATMAN/ 1794
Edition Notes
The watermark is that of James Whatman of Kent, England. The chain lines run vertically and have measurements corresponding to those cited by Worth and Adams as the character of Joseph Sabin's restrikes of the 1860s.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 185, p. 288.Book: Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 3. 941-1428.
• Listed as no. 26, pp. 974-75.