Object Number 1976.0042 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The Colossus of the North; or The Striding Boreas.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Robert Baldwin (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

December 1 1774 (1774-1774)

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched

Dimensions (inches)

7.4 (H) , 8.7 (W) , 5.2 (Image H) , 6.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.7 (H) , 22.2 (W) , 5.2 (Image H) , 6.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 6.3 in. (15.9 cm). Plate W: 7.54 in. (19.15 cm). Chain interval: 2.7-2.8 cm.

Publisher Summary

Baldwin, Robert

Publication Date

12/01/1774

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Fleur-de-lis

Edition Notes

Page from The London Magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, [December 1, 1774]).

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. 90, pp. 145-147.
[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. 675.
[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. 5242, pp. 175-176.