American Inventors

Permanent ID:
2641
Call number:
Bc 908 S395
Language:
eng
Date:
1862
Inscription:
Artist's proof John Sartain (signed in pencil graphite, lower right margin)

Dr. Morton Bogardis [sic] / Colt / McCormick / Saxton / Peter Cooper / Goodyear / Profr Henry Mott / Dr Nott / Emerson / Morse / Burden / Hoe / Bigelow / Jennings / Blanchard / Howe. / American Inventors (Inscribed in graphite, bottom margin)

The origl Picture by C. Schussele. Phila 1861. / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by John Skirving, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Engd on steel by John Sartain, Phila 1862. (in plate, below image)

John Gossert Phila. June 1895 / Alex. McClure / John Gossert (in graphite, verso)
Format:
Mezzotint; Etching
Dimensions:
Width: 97.4 cm, Height: 66.2 cm
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania large graphics collection
Related People or Organizations:
John Sartain, 1808-1897 (artist)
Schussele (creator)