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No. 6: Purser

Etcher Henri Merke Swiss
After Thomas Rowlandson British
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
February 15, 1799
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: No. 6: Purser
  • Series/Portfolio: Delineations of Nautical Characters
  • Etcher: Henri Merke (Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820)
  • Artist: After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
  • Date: February 15, 1799
  • Medium: Etching and aquatint
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed and inset): 9 15/16 × 7 3/4 in. (25.2 × 19.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.1881
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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