Object Number 1969.0211.021

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of the University Archives, Princeton University

Creator (Role)

Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart (Etcher)
1837-1880

Joseph Goldsborough Bruff (Draftsman)
10/02/1804-04/14/1889

William Barber (Engraver)
05/02/1807-08/31/1879
Barber holds the rather dubious distinction of being one of only two nineteenth-century chief engravers not to have designed any major circulating coinage.

Place of Origin

United States, North America

Date

1900-1950

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; Jules Jacquemart delin\t & Sc\t
2. Inscription; Lower left on obverse; J.G.BRUFF D.
3. Inscription; Lower right on obverse; BARBER F.

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched

Dimensions (inches)

9.4 (H) , 12 (W) , 4.8 (Image H) , 8.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

24 (H) , 30.4 (W) , 4.8 (Image H) , 8.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 5.3 in. (13.5 cm). Plate W: 8.9 in. (22.5 cm). Plate marks very faint. Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.

State

Modern restrike

Watermark

Partial at top center, bottom end of two scrolls with a dot and crescent below; unidentified

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Loubat, J. F. & Jacquemart, Jules Ferdinand. 1878 The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1876.
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