Bank note

Museum Object Number 1973.0244

Object Name

Bank note

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Amos Doolittle (Engraver)

Creator Notes

References: Groce and Wallace, Artists in America (1957). Doolittle is perhaps less remembered for his cartographic works - he produced many of the early best maps of New England, most notably for Mathew Carey in Philadelphia.

Date of Birth

05/18/1754

Date of Death

01/30/1832

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin probably New York City.

Date

1800-1813

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right beneath vignette; A Doo- little Sc.

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Steel Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

2.6 (H) , 6.31 (W) , 2.6 (Image H) , 6.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.5 (H) , 16 (W) , 2.6 (Image H) , 6.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

No plate marks.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 373, p. 513.