Print (Etching)

Museum Object Number 1957.0816 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

FEDERAL HALL/ The Seat of CONGRESS

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Amos Doolittle (Engraver)

Peter Lacour (Draftsman)

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 Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Peter Lacour delin.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; A. Dolittle Sculp\t.
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Printed & Sold by A. Doolittle New-Haven 1790

Subjects

American Eagle; Building view; George Washington; Historical

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line Etched with burin work, Engraved, Hand colored

Dimensions (inches)

18.25 (H) , 14.4 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 12.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

46.35 (H) , 36.6 (W) , 16.5 (Image H) , 12.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 16.7 in. (42.3 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 12.8 in. (32.6 cm).

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent watercolors

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. 287, p. 408.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 14, pp.64-5.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 63, p. 32.
[Article] Richards, Nancy E. 10//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part I. Antiques. 100 (4): 586-590.
• Published: fig. no. 5, p. 590.
[Book] Minardi, Lisa. 2011 Pastors & Patriots: The Muhlenberg Family of Pennsylvania.
• Published: p. 58, fig. 3.14.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 533.
[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 2014 Adam Hains and the Philadelphia-Reading Connection. American Furniture. 143-201.
• Published: p. 161, fig. 33.
[Book] 2013 Understanding the American Promise: A History, Volume I: To 1877: A History of the United States. 1.
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[Book] Stokes, I. N. Phelps & Haskell, Daniel Carl. 1932 American Historical Prints: Early Views of American Cities, Etc.
• 35-36, 1789--B-124