Object Number 1976.0040 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Robert Baldwin (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

May 1 1774 (1774-1774)

Subjects

Social/political commentary; Medical; Apothecary; Pharmacy

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched

Dimensions (inches)

5.2 (H) , 8.3 (W) , 3.7 (Image H) , 6.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

13.2 (H) , 21.1 (W) , 3.7 (Image H) , 6.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 4.4 in. (11.1 cm). Plate W: 7.2 in. (18.4 cm). Chain interval: 2.5 cm; laid line frequency: 8 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Baldwin, Robert

Publication Date

05/01/1774

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Partial watermark of a fleur-de-lis

Edition Notes

From The London Magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, [April] May 1, 1774), p. 184.

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. 45, pp.126-127.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 89, pp. 144-145.
[Book] Library of Congress & Cresswell, Donald H. 1975 The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress. Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell.
• Print listed as no. 664.
[Book] The British Museum & George, Mary Dorothy. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. 5.
• Print listed as no. 5226, pp. 165-166.