Elias Hicks Bookplate
ca. 1820
Medium
Graphic Arts-Print
Classification
Graphic Arts-Print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the Library of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Accession Number
1988.62.5
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the early 19th-century world of American printmaking with *Elias Hicks Bookplate created around 1820 by Peter Maverick a pioneering engraver known for his precise work in bookplates, banknotes, and portraits. graphic arts print, housed in the Smithsonian American Art, served as an ex-libris—a personalized label affixed inside books to denote ownership. Featuring a coat of arms, it reflects the era's blend of heraldry and personal identity, common among educated elites and religious figures. Elias Hicks, the Quaker preacher and abolitionist after whom it's named, was a towering influ...
About the Artist
Peter Maverick (American|American|American) · 1756 |1780 |1817 –1843 |1831 |1820
American, Lebanon, Connecticut 1756–1843 New York|American, New York 1780–1831 New York|American, 1817–1820