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Fenner, Sears & Co.

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Philadelphia, 1831

Description

Maker

  • I.T. Hinton & Simpkin & Marshall, publisher
  • Fenner, Sears & Co., 19th century, American
  • Charles Burton, American, designer

Title

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Philadelphia

Year

1831

Medium

steel engraving

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • steel engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight white wove paper

Dimensions

20.5 x 26.7 cm (8 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

in Plate--under image on left:Drawn by C. Burton N.Y.; on right:Engraved & Printed by /Fenner Sears & Co.; in center:DEAF AND DUMB ASYLUM, PHILADELPHIA./London Published March 1.1831 by I.T. Hinton & Simpkin & Marshall; numbered in UR:33

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Museum Collection

Object Number

47.397.19

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Philadelphia with the accession number of 47.397.19. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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