Life-Preserver, ca. 1813

  • J. Pass, English, active 1796-1800

Engraving printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper

  • Plate: 10 1/4 × 7 3/4 inches (26 × 19.7 cm) Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (26.7 × 21 cm)

Bequest of Jerome I. Smith

F81.333

Inscribed, in plate, lower right corner: J. Pass. sc. Inscribed, lower center: Great head's Boat, Daniel's Life-Preserver ( ). | London Published as the Act directs, August 10, 1813, by G. Jones. Inscribed, upper center: LIFE-PRESERVER.

Jerome I. Smith

1981-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

J. Pass, Life-Preserver, ca. 1813, engraving printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Jerome I. Smith, F81.333.