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Print (Etching)
(Congress Voting Independence)
Edward Savage, Robert Edge Pine, Massachusetts Historical Society
1859-1859
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Edward Savage (Etcher)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
2004.0068.024
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Frank Henry Sommer, Ph.D.
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Object Number
2004.0068.024
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
(Congress Voting Independence)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Edward Savage (Etcher); Robert Edge Pine (Painter); Massachusetts Historical Society (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Print published in Boston.
Secondary Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Savage engraved plate in Philadelphia.
Date
1859-1859
Subject(s)
- Historical
- Portrait
- Declaration of Independence
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Etched with burin work
- Stipple Etched
- Stipple engraved
Dimensions (inches)
23.87 (H) x 29.93 (W) x 19 (Image H) x 28.75 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
60.64 (H) x 76.02 (W) x 48.26 (Image H) x 73.03 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 21.75 in. (55.25 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 27.6875 in. (70.32 cm).
Publisher Summary
Massachusetts Historical Society
Publisher Date
01/01/1859
Place of Publication
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Publisher Name
Massachusetts Historical Society
Edition State
I
Edition Watermark
none
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Dresser, Louisa. 1952 Congress Voting Independence, begun by R.E. Pine, completed by E. Savage. Art in America. 40 (4): 3.
Article: Hart, Charles Henry. 1905 "The Congress Voting Independence:" A Painting by Robert Edge Pine and Edward Savage in the Hall of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 29: 14.
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