Object Number 1957.1262

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

THE REPEAL. Or the Funeral Procession of MISS AMERIC-STAMP.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Benjamin Wilson (Copy after)
1721-1788

Place of Origin

United Kingdom or United States, Europe or North America

Origin Notes

Origin probably London.

Date

1766-1770

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched with burin work, Engraved, Hand colored

Dimensions (inches)

11.8 (H) , 16 (W) , 7.9 (Image H) , 13.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

30 (H) , 40.7 (W) , 7.9 (Image H) , 13.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm). Plate W: 13.8 in. (35.1 cm). Chain intervals: 2.5-2.8 cm; 8 laid lines per cm. Frame H: 13.0 in. (32.9 cm). Frame W: 16.9 in. (43.0 cm). Frame D: 0.9 in. (2.2 cm). H at left. W at bottom. D at bottom left.

Watermark

Strasburg lily with the initials: "LVG"

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. 41, pp.118-119.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 87, pp. 140-141.
[Book] The British Museum & Stephens, Frederic George. 1883 Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Political and Personal Satires. 4.
• Print listed as no. 4140, see pp. 368-373.