Object Number 1976.0169.001

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

Frontispiece from The London Magazine. Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, vol. XXVII (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1758). (Allegory of the Battle of Fort Louisbourg)

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Miller (Designer, draftsman and engraver)
c.1715-1785
John Miller is listed in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers.

Robert Baldwin (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1758

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Top right above image; Frontespice For the Lond: Mag: 1758.
2. Inscription; Bottom left beneath image; I. Miller. Inv.\t delin et Sculp.

Subjects

Allegory

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved, Stipple engraved

Dimensions (inches)

8.45 (H) , 5 (W) , 7.6 (Image H) , 4.37 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.47 (H) , 12.6 (W) , 7.6 (Image H) , 4.37 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H near right. W at top. Plate H: 7.8 in. (19.9 cm). Plate W: 4.8 in. (12.2 cm). Chain intervals: 2.7 cm; laid lines 8 per cm.

Publisher Summary

Baldwin, Robert

Publication Date

1758

Place of Publication

At the Rose in Pater Noster Row, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

Top right; partial watermark of the Strasburg lily with "LVG"

Edition Notes

Page from Isaac Kimber & Edward Kimber, The London Magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer, vol. XXVII (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1758).

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. 139, p. 216.