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Alternate Title
Book: The Vision of Columbus
Artist
Louis Charles Ruotte, 1754 - 1806
Copy after
Jean Jacques Francois Lebarbier, 1738 - 1826
Sitter
Joel Barlow, 24 Mar 1754 - 26 Dec 1812
Date
1793
Type
Print
Medium
Stipple engraving (frontispiece)
Dimensions
Image: 15.5 × 10 cm (6 1/8 × 3 15/16")
Book closed: 21 × 14 cm (8 1/4 × 5 1/2")
Book open: 21 × 25.5 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/16")
Topic
Print
Nature & Environment\Plant\Wreath\Laurel
Illustration
Book\Frontispiece
Joel Barlow: Male
Joel Barlow: Law and Crime\Lawyer
Joel Barlow: Literature\Writer
Joel Barlow: Literature\Writer\Poet
Joel Barlow: Journalism and Media\Journalist
Joel Barlow: Politics and Government\Diplomat\Minister
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
