Museum Object Number1961.1783 |
Print (Line engraving)
A New DISPLAY of the UNITED STATES
Prints and Maps
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Amos Doolittle (Engraver, printer and seller)
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.
05/18/1754
01/30/1832
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
August 14 1803 (1803-1803)
1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; New Haven Printed & Sold wholesale by Amos Doolittle, August 14 1803.
Portrait; Armorial device
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Hand colored
20.9 (H) , 16.5 (W) , 20.6 (Image H) , 16.5 (Image W)
53.1 (H) , 42 (W) , 20.6 (Image H) , 16.5 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Chain interval: 2.8-3.0 cm. Laid line frequency: 8-9 per cm.
Doolittle, Amos
08/14/1803
New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
Hand colored with watercolors
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[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 213, p. 318.
[Article] Richards, Nancy E. 11//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part II. Antiques. 100 (5): 734-739.
• Published: fig. no. 3, p. 735.