- Title:
- Mezzotint of Cotton Mather
- Object Name:
- Creator:
- Peter Pelham
- Date:
- 1720-1740
- Material:
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions:
- H-24 W-18 D-10.5 inches
Sight - Description:
- Black and white mezzotint of man with long curling wig wearing clerical tabs; figure set in oval: inscription at bottom in elaborate script: "Cottonus Matherus/S. Theologiae Doctor...Aetatis Suae LXV, MDCCXXVII'"; at lower right "P. Pelham ad vivum pinxit ab Origine Fecit et excut."; has old black wooden molded frame; old greenish glass; old Athenaeum label with "Joseph Haven" written on it.
- Provenance:
- Received in 1824, this is listed in the old Athenaeum inventorybut without a donor's name.
This is the first mezzotint produced in America, by Peter Pelham of Boston. - Place of Origin:
- Boston
- Collection Name:
- Art and Artifacts Collection
- Item Number:
- C10.518
- Accession Number:
- C10.518
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Credit Line:
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Participating Organization:
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
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