Object Number 1959.0074.006 A

Object Name

Certificate (Membership certificate)

Title

Blank membership certificate for the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Arts & Manufactures

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Jd. Brunel (Designer and draftsman)
No further information could be found about this individual at this time (LBS; 04/05/06).

Gideon Fairman (Engraver)
06/26/1774-03/18/1827
• He was a partner from 1810 to 1818 with George Murray and Draper in Philadelphia PA as MURRY, DRAPER, FAIRMAN & Co, where he specialized in banknote vignettes. 3 • Master to Charles Toppan about 1812 in Philadelphia PA. • He was a partner from 1819 to 1822 with Jacob Perkins in Philadelphia PA as PERKINS & FAIRMAN. He went to England where he resided and conducted the engraving business for three years before returning to Philadelphia. • He was a partner from 1824 to 1825 with Cephas G. Childs in Philadelphia PA • He was a partner from 1826 to 1827 with Draper, Underwood in Philadelphia PA fAIRMAN, DRAPER, UNDERWOOD & Co.

Place of Origin

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

Date

1791-1804

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left beneath image; J.\d Brunel inv.\t et del.\t
2. Inscription; Bottom right beneath image; G. Fairman Sculp.\t

Subjects

Allegory

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Roulette Etched, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

13.3 (H) , 15.9 (W) , 10.7 (Image H) , 14.05 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

33.78 (H) , 40.3 (W) , 10.7 (Image H) , 14.05 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 12.32 in. (31.3 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 15.0 in. (38.15 cm).

Watermark

none

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.
• Published: no. 29, p. 21.
[Book] Horn, Tammy. 2005 Bees in America: How the honey bee shaped a nation.
• See no. 2.2, p. 56.