Sir William Penn
Catalogue
- Year
- 1797
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.4 x 11.3cm (7 5/8 x 4 7/16")
- Collection
- National Portrait Gallery
- Artist
- Alexander Lawson
Artist
Printmaking
Alexander Lawson was an American engraver and printmaker active in the early 19th century. Working primarily in line engraving and stipple, he produced portraits, landscapes, and reproductive prints that circulated widely in the United States and Europe. Lawson's technical precision and ability to translate paintings into print made him a central figure in American engraving during the Federal and early Romantic periods.
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1. Pinnated Grous. 2. Blue-Green Warbler. 3. Nashville W., from the book, American Ornithology
1811 · hand-colored engraving and etching
1. Red-winged Starling. 2. Female. 3. Black-poll Warbler. 4. Lesser Red-poll
1811 · hand-colored engraving and etching on paper
1. Tyrant Flycatcher. 2. Great Crested F. 3. Small Green Crested F. 4. Pe-We F. 5. Wood Pe-We F. (from book, American Orinthology)
1810 · hand-colored engraving and etching on paper
General Washington's Resignation
1799 · Etching and engraving on paper
General Washington's Resignation
1799 · Engraving and etching; second state
G. Washington
1798 · Etching and engraving on paper in bound object
Record
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- Alexander Lawson
- Year
- 1797
- Dimensions
- Image: 19.4 x 11.3cm (7 5/8 x 4 7/16")
- Watts ID
- WW-1797-052186
Source
- Collection
- National Portrait Gallery
- Source
- smithsonian
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified