Object Number 1960.0729 B

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

Trade Card for Robert Kennedy

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

James Smither (Engraver)
1741-1797

Robert Kennedy (Publisher)

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1765-1770

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right; J.S.
2. Inscription; Upper center, within small cartouche; Robert Kennedy/ at WESTHEAD/ in Second Street below/ Walnut Street/ PHILAD.\A

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

10.4 (H) , 8.4 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 7.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

26.4 (H) , 21.3 (W) , 9.8 (Image H) , 7.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm). Plate W: 7.2 in. (18.4 cm). Chain interval: 2.5-2.7 cm; laid line frequency: 8-9 per cm.

Publisher Summary

Kennedy, Robert

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

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.54, pp.144-145.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 358, pp. 496-497.
[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. 26, p. 20.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1994 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur.
• Published: p. 128