Object Number 1957.1259

Object Name

Print (Mezzotint)

Title

The BOSTONIANS in DISTRESS.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Philip Dawe (Mezzotinter)
c.1750-c.1785

Robert Sayer & John Bennett (Publisher)
1774-1785

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

November 19 1774 (1774-1774)

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Mezzotint, Engraving

Dimensions (inches)

13.6 (H) , 10 (W) , 13 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.5 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 13 (Image H) , 10 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within platemark. Plate W: 10.0 in. (25.3 cm). Chain interval: 2.6-2.7 cm; laid line frequency: 9 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

Robert Sayer & John Bennett

Publication Date

11/17/1774

Place of Publication

53 Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

"P. TOMAS FIN DANGOUMOIS"

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. 94, p. 151.
[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. 89, p. 38.
[Book] The British Museum & George, Mary Dorothy. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. 5.
• Print listed as no. 5241, pp. 174-175.