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The Emporium of Arts and Sciences, Vols. I-II

1812
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Object Information
  • Title: The Emporium of Arts and Sciences, Vols. I-II
  • Editor: John Redman Coxe M.D. (American, 1773–1864)
  • Publisher: Joseph Delaplaine (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Sitter: Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier
  • Sitter: Benjamin Franklin (American, Boston 1706–1790 Philadelphia)
  • Sitter: Sir Isaac Newton (British, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire 1643–1727 London)
  • Engraver: William Kneass (American, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1781–1840 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Engraver: David Edwin (American (born England), Bath 1776–1841 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Engraver: William Strickland (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1787–1854 Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Engraver: Cornelius Tiebout (American, New York ca. 1773–1832 Indiana)
  • Sitter: David Rittenhouse (American, Germantown, Pennsylvania 1732–1796)
  • Published in: Philadelphia
  • Date: 1812
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (23.5 x 14 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 41.79.2(2)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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