Object Number 1957.1263

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

[Wegens de Staat der Engelsche Natie, in't Jaar 1778] [Regarding the State of the English Nation, in the Year 1778]

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Netherlands, Europe

Date

1780-1780

Subjects

Social/political commentary

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched with burin work, Engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.8 (H) , 12 (W) , 6.8 (Image H) , 10.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

22.3 (H) , 30.4 (W) , 6.8 (Image H) , 10.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 7.7 in. (19.5 cm). Plate W: 10.2 in. (26.0 cm). Chain intervals: 3.4-3.8 cm; laid line frequency: 8 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.

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. 51, pp.138-139.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 103, pp. 166-167.
[Book] Library of Congress & Cresswell, Donald H. 1975 The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress. Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell.
• See nos. 726, 781.
[Book] Berg, Dan & Dolmetsch, Joan D. 1976 Rebellion and Reconciliation: Satirical Prints on the Revolution at Williamsburg.
• See pp. 94-95.
[Article] Keys, Willard E. 01//1941 The Cow and the Sleeping Lion. Antiques. 39 (1): 25-27.
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[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. 5726A, pp. 449-450.
[Book] Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Same subject printed on English ceramics: p. 153, nos. 409-410.