Peale, Charles Wilson “General Knox”

After Charles Wilson Peale.  “General Knox.” 

From The Port Folio.  Philadelphia 1811.  3 3/8 x 2 ¾.  Stipple by David Edwin.  Light transference of text.  Else, very good condition.  

American General involved in the Siege of Boston, New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia campaigns. 

The Port Folio was a new type of American magazine, “Devoted to Useful Science, the Liberal Arts, Legitimate Criticism, and Polite Literature.”   A product of the new century, it appeared first as a weekly issue in 1801, changing to a monthly magazine in 1809 until its demise at the end of 1827.  The Port Folio contained numerous engraved illustrations, from current events to historical portraits.