Image

Unknown Maker, American

The Birth of Christ

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, American
H. Phelps, publisher

Culture

American

Title

The Birth of Christ

Year

ca. 1830-1840

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

stipple engraving (printing process), hand coloring

Supports

Dimensions

42.4 x 29.2 cm (16 11/16 x 11 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In Plate--Under image on right:Published by H. Phelps140 Broadway N.Y.; in bottom center:THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDinscribed in a circle.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Hellmuth Wallach

Object Number

47.577

Type

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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, American
H. Phelps, publisher
The Birth of Christ, ca. 1830-1840
engraving; stipple engraving (printing process); hand coloring
42.4 x 29.2 cm (16 11/16 x 11 1/2 inches) (plate)
Gift of Hellmuth Wallach 47.577

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