Newark; New Jersey; Essex; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
Ink
Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1966.0219.002
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1966.0219.002
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
Hugh Blair, D. D.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Peter Maverick (Engraver); Hugh Blair (Author); Peter A. Johnson (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Newark; New Jersey; Essex; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, beneath image
Inscription: P. Maverick sc. Newark.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
Book illustration
Portrait
Materials
Ink
Paper (wove)
Techniques
Stipple engraved
Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
8.3 (H) x 4.9 (W) x 4.6 (Image H) x 3.2 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
21 (H) x 12.5 (W) x 11.7 (Image H) x 8.1 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 7.4 in. (18.9 cm). Plate W: 4.6 in. (11.8 cm).
Edition Notes
Frontispiece from Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (Morristown, NJ: Peter A. Johnson, 1814). Stephens notes "Apparently also used in N. Y. edition by R. & W. Bartow." but no further information on that publication could be found.