Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 14, 1817
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 83
Notes:
Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished American Characters, 2 vols. (Philadelphia, 1816-1818); see also seven individual plates donated by Delaplaine under date 6 July 1815.
Joseph Delaplaine (1777-1824) was born in Philadelphia and moved to Cincinnati in 1805. He returned to Philadelphia in 1809 and pursued a variety of publication endeavors, including The American Edition of the New Edinburgh Encyclopedia, 18 vols. (1812-1832), the monthly Emporium of Arts and Sciences (1812-1813), and the Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans. Jefferson Papers, Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-03-02-0022
