Object Number 1956.0010.008 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

The Rev. JOHN MURRAY, A.M.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Samuel Hill (Etcher)
c.1766-1803

Place of Origin

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

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right of title in plinth; S. Hill, S.\c.

Subjects

Clergy; Portrait

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line Etched with burin work

Dimensions (inches)

6.5 (H) , 4.1 (W) , 5.9 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

16.6 (H) , 10.3 (W) , 5.9 (Image H) , 3.5 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H: 6.3 in. (16.1 cm). Plate W not available. Chain intervals 2.7-2.8 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

none

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. 187, p. 290. Fowble incorrectly identifies sitter as John "Salvation" Murray (1741-1815).