Object Number 2004.0068.011

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A View of CONCORD, taken in 1776.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Frank Henry Sommer, Ph.D.

Creator (Role)

Samuel Hill (Etcher)
c.1766-1803

Isaiah Thomas (Publisher)
01/19/1749-1831
Isaiah Thomas was a minuteman and patriot printer who, over his lifetime, published over 400 titles, including The Massachusetts Spy. He was also the author of The History of Printing in America with a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers, 2 vols. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, 1810), and established the American Antiquarian Society in 1812. References: American National Biography; Encycopaedia Britannica; www.assumption.edu/ahc/1770s/print/isaiahthomasbio.html (for biography before and during the Revolution).

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Location of publication.

Date

1794

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; S. Hill.

Subjects

City view

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Line Etched

Dimensions (inches)

4.5 (H) , 6.8 (W) , 3.7 (Image H) , 6.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

11.5 (H) , 17.2 (W) , 3.7 (Image H) , 6.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 4.4 in. (11.1 cm). Plate W: 6.6 in. (16.9 cm). H at left. W at bottom. Plate measurements are approximate, due to faint plate mark.

Publisher Summary

Thomas, Isaiah

Publication Date

1794

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

From: The Massachusetts Magazine, or, Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment. 8 vols. (Boston: Isaiah Thomas & Co., 1789-1796).

Object Description

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