Gen. Henry Burbeck [engraving]
1806
P&E L2005D2.1 [custom box]
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Title
Gen. Henry Burbeck [engraving]
Published
[Washington D.C.] [1806]
Description
1 print ; circular image 6 x 6 cm. framed 14 x 14 cm.
1 print ; circular image 6 x 6 cm. on square plate 7 x 7 cm. framed 16 x 14 cm.
1 print ; circular image 6 x 6 cm. framed 13 x 13 cm.
1 print ; circular image 6 x 6 cm. on square plate 7 x 7 cm. framed 16 x 14 cm.
1 print ; circular image 6 x 6 cm. framed 13 x 13 cm.
Call Number
P&E L2005D2.1 [custom box]
Note
Head and shoulders in profile to the right, in uniform. .
Date and location from Miles.
Copy 1 (D2.1) has a metal plate on the back of the solid dark brown wooden frame that reads: "Gen. Henry Burbeck Mass" It also has Acc #61 written on the back. This copy was transferred to the Library from the Museum's 2nd floor storage vault in April 2000.
Copy 2 (D2.2) has the following written on the frame's paper backing: "Capt. Henry Burbeck Mus. #186 [c]. This copy is the gift of James Daniel Evans of the Virginia Society. It was displayed on the mantle of the Main Museum Room until Sept. 1955.
Copy 3, accessioned L1996F307, has the following hand written biographical notation inserted in the frame on the back: "Portrait of Gen'l Henry Burbeck, born in Boston Mass. 1754. Served aside Washington during the Revolution and later in the Indian Wars. Was a Charter Member of the Cincinnati Society and its President at time of his death, Oct. 2nd, 1848 in New London, Conn. The front portion of the frame and the metal rim are cracked in three places. The inner edging pieces of the wooden frame on the back are missing on two sides. The print is not as clear as the others. It has a two-tone appearance which may be a result of yellowing from age. This copy of the engraving was displayed at Anderson House in the exhibition: Massachsuetts in the American Revolution "Let it Begin Here," from October 23, 1997 - May 2, 1998. A photograph of this framed copy is in the case file.
Henry Burbeck was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati from the state of Massachusetts. He served in the Continental Artillery 1775-1783 and in the U.S. Artillery until 1815. He was President of the Massachusetts Society from 1846-1848.
Date and location from Miles.
Copy 1 (D2.1) has a metal plate on the back of the solid dark brown wooden frame that reads: "Gen. Henry Burbeck Mass" It also has Acc #61 written on the back. This copy was transferred to the Library from the Museum's 2nd floor storage vault in April 2000.
Copy 2 (D2.2) has the following written on the frame's paper backing: "Capt. Henry Burbeck Mus. #186 [c]. This copy is the gift of James Daniel Evans of the Virginia Society. It was displayed on the mantle of the Main Museum Room until Sept. 1955.
Copy 3, accessioned L1996F307, has the following hand written biographical notation inserted in the frame on the back: "Portrait of Gen'l Henry Burbeck, born in Boston Mass. 1754. Served aside Washington during the Revolution and later in the Indian Wars. Was a Charter Member of the Cincinnati Society and its President at time of his death, Oct. 2nd, 1848 in New London, Conn. The front portion of the frame and the metal rim are cracked in three places. The inner edging pieces of the wooden frame on the back are missing on two sides. The print is not as clear as the others. It has a two-tone appearance which may be a result of yellowing from age. This copy of the engraving was displayed at Anderson House in the exhibition: Massachsuetts in the American Revolution "Let it Begin Here," from October 23, 1997 - May 2, 1998. A photograph of this framed copy is in the case file.
Henry Burbeck was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati from the state of Massachusetts. He served in the Continental Artillery 1775-1783 and in the U.S. Artillery until 1815. He was President of the Massachusetts Society from 1846-1848.
Indexed In
Miles, Ellen G. Saint-Memin and the neoclassical profile portrait in America, no. 109.
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