A DISPLAY of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Prints and Maps
Amos Doolittle (Engraver, printer and publisher)
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
October 1 1791 (1791-1791)
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Stipple engraved, Hand colored, Painted
1961.1742
Object Number1961.1742 |
Print (Line engraving)
A DISPLAY of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Prints and Maps
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Amos Doolittle (Engraver, printer and publisher)
05/18/1754-01/30/1832
References: Groce and Wallace, Artists in America (1957).
Doolittle is perhaps less remembered for his cartographic works - he produced many of the early best maps of New England, most notably for Mathew Carey in Philadelphia.
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
October 1 1791 (1791-1791)
1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; Printed & Sold by A. Doolittle New Haven where Engraving & Rolling Press Printing is performed.
Portrait; Armorial device
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Engraved, Etched, Line engraved, Stipple engraved, Hand colored, Painted
Two sheets of laid paper joined together before printing.
23.6 (H) , 19.5 (W) , 20.4 (Image H) , 16.5 (Image W)
60 (H) , 49.5 (W) , 20.4 (Image H) , 16.5 (Image W)
Plate H: 20.9 in. (53.1 cm). Plate W: 17.0 in. (43.3 cm). Chain interval: 2.7-2.9 cm. Laid line interval: 8 per cm.
Doolittle, Amos
10/01/1791
New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
II or III
Hand colored with watercolors
State I published in 1789. Listed as Hart 840b.
Text available soon.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Print Published: no. 35, pp.106-107.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 212, p. 317.
[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. 112, pp. 43-44.
[Book] Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Compare with states recorded on pp. 355-356. (840b?)
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as cat. no. 521, p. 90.