Object Number 1958.0023.002

Object Name

Broadside

Title

The First Great Western Empire: or, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

R. Packard (Printer)

Jonathan Clark (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; On the front, beneath the image; "Entered according to act of Congress,/ On the Fifteenth Day of January, 1812,/ By Jonathan Clark, OF ALBANY..."
2. Inscription; On the front, beneath the image; "PRINTED BY AND FOR THE AUTHOR, AT THE PRESS OF R. PACKARD, No. 51, STATE-STREET, ALBANY."

Subjects

Allegory; Washington, George; John Adams; Jefferson, Thomas; John Adams; American eagle; Declaration of Independence

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Letterpress, Woodcut

Dimensions (inches)

20.6 (H) , 15.9 (W) , 18.9 (Image H) , 14.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

52.3 (H) , 40.3 (W) , 18.9 (Image H) , 14.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Paper Lab measurements' overall H and W are of the sheet, taken 4 cm. from the left. H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Clark, Jonathan

Publication Date

1812

Place of Publication

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

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. 370, p. 509.