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Unknown Maker, American

The Birth of Christ,

Maker

  • H. Phelps
  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

The Birth of Christ

Medium

stipple engraving (printing process), hand coloring

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • engraving,
  • stipple engraving (printing process),
  • hand coloring

Techniques

  • engraving,
  • stipple engraving (printing process),
  • hand coloring

Supports

  • medium weight cream wove paper

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.

Type

  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Hellmuth Wallach

Object Number

47.577

The Birth of Christ

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.

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is The Birth of Christ with the accession number of 47.577. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.
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