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Print (Engraving)
Trade Card for Robert Kennedy
James Smither, Robert Kennedy
1765-1770
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
James Smither (Engraver)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1960.0729 B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1960.0729 B
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
Trade Card for Robert Kennedy
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
James Smither (Engraver); Robert Kennedy (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1765-1770
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right
Inscription: J.S.
Type: Inscription
Location: Upper center, within small cartouche
Inscription: Robert Kennedy/ at WESTHEAD/ in Second Street below/ Walnut Street/ PHILAD.\A
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Engraved
- Etched
- Line engraved
Dimensions (inches)
10.4 (H) x 8.4 (W) x 9.8 (Image H) x 7.2 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
26.4 (H) x 21.3 (W) x 24.9 (Image H) x 18.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm). Plate W: 7.2 in. (18.4 cm). Chain interval: 2.5-2.7 cm; laid line frequency: 8-9 per cm.
Publisher Summary
R. Kennedy
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
R. Kennedy
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no.54, pp.144-145.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 358, pp. 496-497.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. 26, p. 20.Book: Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1994 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur.
• Published: p. 128