Object Number 1967.1525

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

GEORGE WASHINGTON./ The Saviour of his Country.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Amos Doolittle (Engraver)
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.

Shelton & Kensett (Publisher)

Place of Origin

Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1801-1805

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Published by Shelton & Kensett
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; A.Doolittle Sc.

Subjects

Allegory; American eagle; George Washington; Political figure

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.625 (H) , 5.8 (W) , 4 (Image H) , 3.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

19.367 (H) , 14.7 (W) , 4 (Image H) , 3.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 6.0 in. (15.3 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 4.4 in. (11.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Shelton & Kensett

Place of Publication

Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

State

II

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Hart lists this impression as a variant of no. 507, an illustration for the January 1801 Connecticut Magazine.

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. 211, p. 316.
[Book] Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Print listed as no. 507a.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 520, p. 89.