William G. Armstrong
William Penn
1877
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 322 × 240 mm. (12 11/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Plate: 253 × 174 mm. (9 15/16 × 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2895
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (Lugt supp. 555c)
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: C in plate, below image: 'W.G. Armstrong sc.'; B in plate, to either side of coat of arms: 'To Peter Penn-Gaskell, of Shannagaarry, Esquire, / the ancient seat of the Penns, / In the County of Cork, in Ireland, / This Print of his Ancestor, / William Penn, Proprietary of Pennsylvania, A.D. 1682 / Is inscribed, A.D. 1877, by / The Historical Society of Pennsylvania'; LL (graphite): 'W.S.B.5. P.16'; LR below plate (graphite): 'o'; BR (graphite, in diamond): '2954'. VERSO: LL: Claghorn stamp in red ink.
