Object details

Accession number

P33w65

Creators

• Stephen Alonzo Schoff (Danville Center, Vermont, 1818 - 1904, Norfolk, Connecticut) - engraver
• Samuel Worcester Rowse (Bath, Maine, 1822 - 1901, Morristown, New Jersey) - artist
• John H. Daniels (1828 - 1901) - publisher

Full title

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Creation Date

1878

Publication Place

Boston, Massachusetts

Provenance

Entered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection at an unknown date.

Marks

Signed (in pencil, below image): R. Waldo Emerson
Signed (in pencil, lower left): S.W. Rowse
Signed (in pencil, lower right): S.A. Schoff
Engraved (lower middle): Engraved & Published by S.A. Schoff at Doll & Richards No. 2 Park Street Boston, Mass. / Copy Right by S.A. Schoff 1878
Engraved (lower right, below signature): Printed by J.H. Daniels

Dimensions

68.5 x 54 cm (26 15/16 x 21 1/4 in.)

Display Media

Engraving on chine collé

Dimension Notes

Platemark: 36.5 x 26 cm (14 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.) Frame: 73 x 57.8 cm (28 3/4 x 22 3/4 in.)

Web Commentary

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Permanent Gallery Location

Vatichino

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