Object Number 1958.2374 A

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

BRITONS-BEHOLDS/ The Best of KINGS.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Nathaniel Hurd (Engraver)
1729/30-1777

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1762

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center, in base of plinth; Nathaniel Hurd Sculp. 1762.

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Construction Description

Platemark unusually shaped, following arched shape of design.

Dimensions (inches)

4.4 (H) , 5.7 (W) , 3.8 (Image H) , 5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.2 (H) , 14.6 (W) , 3.8 (Image H) , 5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Arched-top plate. Plate H (at center): 3.9 in. (9.9 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 5.2 in. (13.1 cm). Image H at center. Image W taken .4 cm up from the bottom. Chain intervals: 2.5 cm; 11 laid lines per cm.

Publication Date

1762

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

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. 25, pp. 86-7.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 193, pp. 295-6.