Object Number 1957.1266 A

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

H-ds-n's SPEECH from the Pillory.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Nathaniel Hurd (Engraver, publisher and seller)
1729/30-1777

Place of Origin

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

Date

1762

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center below text; Sold by N. HURD, near the Exchange, and at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill, Boston.

Subjects

Historical; Medical; Pharmacy; Apothecary

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line engraved, Etched, Letterpress

Dimensions (inches)

10 (H) , 8 (W) , 3.1 (Image H) , 8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

25.3 (H) , 20.4 (W) , 3.1 (Image H) , 8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 3.4 in. (8.7 cm). Plate W not available. Chain lines and laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Hurd, Nathaniel

Publication Date

1762

Place of Publication

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

Watermark

Partial "(?)OH(?)" and "DANGOU[MOIS]"

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

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. 314, pp. 446-7.
[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. 35, p. 22.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 1475, p. 246.