Object Number 1958.0048 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

Triumph of Liberty

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Peter C. Verger (Engraver)

John Francis Renault Sr. (Designer and publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Secondary Place of Origin

Paris, France, Europe

Date

1795-1796

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; On the front, beneath the image; "Drawn by J/n Fis Renault N. York. September 1795"
2. Inscription; On the front, beneath the image; "Engraved by P.C. Verger N. York November 1796".

Subjects

Allegory; Mythological; American eagle

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line Etched with burin work

Dimensions (inches)

16.3 (H) , 21.5 (W) , 11.9 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41.3 (H) , 54.6 (W) , 11.9 (Image H) , 18.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.0 in. (38.1 cm). Plate W: 20.9 in. (53.0 cm). H at left. W at bottom. Double chain line intervals: 2.5 cm. Laid line frequency: 8-9 per cm.

State

I

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 60, pp. 156-157.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 322, pp. 456-457.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as cat. no. 3344, pp. 551-552.
[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.
• Print listed as no. 2, p. 15.