circa 1850 · Views & Engravings
Noah Webster LL.D., Oval Portrait, S. F. B. Morse and J. Rogers, circa 1850
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- Date
- circa 1850
- Maker
- S. F. B. Morse; J. Rogers
- Kind
- Views & Engravings
- Technique
- Steel Engraving
- Color
- Uncolored
- Size
- 28 × 19 cm (11 × 7.5 in)
- Condition
- Good. Light handling wear to the top left and bottom left corners; edges straight and without nicks. Light, uneven toning, soiled along the left and top edges. Foxing and several larger brown spots across much of the margin.
- Period
- Westward Expansion & Civil War
- Reference
- BG-13999-45
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.
Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured.
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About this piece
This is an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, a portrait lettered "NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D" on a tablet below the image. The sitter is shown at half length, seated in an upholstered armchair and turned slightly to the left, his gray hair brushed back. He wears a dark coat with a high collar and a white cravat, and holds a sheaf of papers in his right hand across his lap. The figure is set against a dark ground inside an oval.
Instead of the historical vignettes used on the view plates, the oval sits in a broad engraved frame of leafy scrollwork edged with beading. At the top, two putti sit on either side of an architectural cartouche with a mask, and at each side a small medallion holds the profile head of a bearded man in a cap. A winged mask sits at the base, above the title tablet and a scrolled pedestal. The names "S.F.B.Morse." at the left and "J. Rogers." at the right are lettered below the frame. The imprint at the foot reads "J. & F. TALLIS, LONDON & NEW YORK."
It comes from Hinton's History of the United States of America, published by J. and F. Tallis about 1850. John Howard Hinton (1791 to 1873) was an English Baptist minister and author, and J. and F. Tallis were London publishers of illustrated works sold in parts around the middle of the nineteenth century. Each plate of the edition pairs a central view with an engraved border carrying small lettered scenes from American history. S. F. B. Morse is Samuel F. B. Morse (1791 to 1872), the painter, later known for the telegraph.
A portrait plate in an ornate frame, it hangs well in a library or beside the view plates from the same volume.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed.
