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Print (Engraving)
THE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FARMER./ J-N D-K-NS----N Esq.\r BARRISTER at LAW:/ Who with Attic Eloquence and Roman Spirit hath Asserted/ The Liberties of the BRITISH Colonies in America.
Robert Bell, James Smither
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Robert Bell (Publisher and bookseller)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1959.1581 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1581 A
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
THE PATRIOTIC AMERICAN FARMER./ J-N D-K-NS----N Esq.\r BARRISTER at LAW:/ Who with Attic Eloquence and Roman Spirit hath Asserted/ The Liberties of the BRITISH Colonies in America.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Robert Bell (Publisher and bookseller); James Smither (Etcher and engraver)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center beneath verse
Inscription: Printed for & Sold by R. Bell, Bookseller
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Engraved
- Line Etched
- Stipple Etched
Dimensions (inches)
10.25 (H) x 7.12 (W) x 5.5 (Image H) x 4.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
26.04 (H) x 18.09 (W) x 14 (Image H) x 11.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H not available; trimmed on bottom. Plate W: 6.375 in. (16.2 cm). Chain intervals: 2.6-2.8 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Publisher Summary
R. Bell
Publisher Date
01/01/1768
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
R. Bell
Edition Watermark
"LIBERTY PRO PATRIA EJUSQUE" surrounding a lion rampant supporting a cross
Edition Notes
See 59.1551 for a similar paper. Paper is Dutch.
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. 195, pp. 298-9.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 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 99 p.
• Published: no. 106, p. 42.Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Listed as no. 2974, pp. 490-1.