Object Number 1976.0051

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

MATHER BYLES. A.Met V:DM./ Ecclesiae apub Bostonum Nov-Anglorum Pastor.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Peter Pelham (Painter and mezzotinter)
c.1697-1751

Place of Origin

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

Date

1732-1739

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; P.Pelham ad vivum pinx/.& fecit

Subjects

Portrait; Clergy

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

6.3 (H) , 4.6 (W) , 5.4 (Image H) , 4.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

16 (H) , 11.7 (W) , 5.4 (Image H) , 4.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Not antique laid paper. Chain interval: 2.9-3.0 cm; laid line frequency: 3 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.

State

I

Watermark

Unidentified watermark in the lower right corner

Edition Notes

Only one state recorded.

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. 184, pp. 286-287.
[Book] Smith, John Chaloner. 1884 British Mezzotinto Portraits; Being a Descriptive Catalogue of These Engravings from the Introduction of the Art to the early part of the present century. 3. 941-1428.
• Print listed as no. 3, p. 966.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2461, p. 407.