Buried with Him by Baptism
c. 1765
Artist, American, 1735 - 1818
Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 15.72 × 10.64 cm (6 3/16 × 4 3/16 in.)
sheet: 17.78 × 12.54 cm (7 × 4 15/16 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.608
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Catalogue Raisonné
Brigham 1969, pl. 49
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Kennedy & Co., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1952
The First Two Centuries of American Prints, John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1952
1954
George Washington's World, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 1954
2016
Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 7.
Bibliography
1969
Brigham, Clarence S. Paul Revere's Engravings. New York: Atheneum, 1969, pp. 152-154, pl. 49.
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: P Revere Sculp; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: a87874 / mxx-
text in plate:
This is my beloved Son, / — hear ye him / Jordan / Buried with Him by Baptism.
Watermarks
[unidentified]
Wikidata ID
Q77008658