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Catalog Number |
C10.518 |
Title |
Mezzotint of Cotton Mather |
Object Name |
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Description |
Black and white mezzotint of man with long curling wig wearing clerical tabs; figure set in oval: inscription at bottom in elaborate script: "Cottonus Matherus/S. Theologiae Doctor...Aetatis Suae LXV, MDCCXXVII'"; at lower right "P. Pelham ad vivum pinxit ab Origine Fecit et excut."; has old black wooden molded frame; old greenish glass; old Athenaeum label with "Joseph Haven" written on it. |
Date |
1727 |
Year Range from |
1720 |
Year Range to |
1740 |
Artist |
Peter Pelham |
Dimensions |
H-14 W-9.625 inches |
Material |
Ink on paper |
Place of Origin |
Boston |
Provenance |
Received in 1824, this is listed in the old Athenaeum inventorybut without a donor's name. This is the first mezzotint produced in America, by Peter Pelham of Boston. |
People |
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728 Pelham, Peter, c. 1695 - 1751 Haven, Joseph, 1757-1829 |
Search Terms |
Religion in New England Early Athenaeum Collection Early mezzotints |
Subjects |
Mezzotint Portrait |