Physical Qualities
Engraving and etching, Sheet: 196 × 146 mm. (7 11/16 × 5 3/4 in.)
Image: 191 × 142 mm. (7 1/2 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2851
Washington Irving (1783-1859)
James L. Claghorn, sold to T. Harrison Garrett, 1885
Stauffer, David McNeely, American Engravers upon Copper and Steel, New York: Grolier Club, 1907, no. 445. Baker, William S., American Engravers and their Works, Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, 1875, p. 38 no. 1.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: VERSO: Lower C (pencil): 'Wash Irving Esq'; LL: (stamped in red ink): 'JL' inside 'C' inside 'INSPERATA FLORUIT'; BC (pencil, in diamond, upside down): '3168'; BR (pencil): 'Danforth' and 'Durand Sc [?]'.
