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Maria Edgeworth

Francis Alexander (American, 1800–1880)
Printed by: Pendleton's Lithography (American, founded in 1825)
1826

Medium/Technique Lithograph
Credit Line From "Boston Monthly Mag."
Accession NumberM12389
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

DescriptionOriginally published in, and removed from: “Memoir of Maria Edgeworth.” Boston Monthly Magazine. Volume 1, Issue 10. (March 1826): facing page 539.

The lithograph was removed from the MFA's copy of the magazine in the years around 1900. The MFA retains the book (accession number BR502).
Signed In stone, at lower left: Alexander del.
InscriptionsIn stone, at lower left: Alexander del.
In stone, at lower right: Lith of Pendleton
In stone, below image: Maria Edgeworth
Verso, in ink: From Boston Monthly Magazine / bound facing p. 539 / March 1826
Verso, in graphite: Born at Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, / 1767, died at Edgeworthstown, Longford, / Ireland, 1849. / English novelist.
Verso, in graphite, at lower right: [underlined] 168
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 3/10/1897