John Sartain and Emanuel G. Leutze
Melanie
1829-1883
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Mezzotint, roulette, and etching, Sheet: 255 × 212 mm. (10 1/16 × 8 3/8 in.)
Image: 195 × 156 mm. (7 11/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.3731
On backing board: '110/12'
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: In plate, LL margin: 'Painted by E.G. Leutze.'; in plate, LR margin: 'Engraved by J. Sartain'; BC in plate: 'MELANIE. / Engraved for The Artists and Amateurs Association of Philad.a / from the Original Picture in the possession of Charles Toppan Esq.r'; BL Corner (pencil): 'a'; BR Corner (pencil, in diamond): '10559'. VERSO: LL (stamped in violet ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'; LR (stamped in blue ink): 'THG' in oval.
