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Print (Stipple engraving)
AMERICA.
Joseph Strutt, Robert Edge Pine
October 6 1781 (1781-1781)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Joseph Strutt (Engraver)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1961.0499 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1961.0499 A
Object Name
Print (Stipple engraving)
Title
AMERICA.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Joseph Strutt (Engraver); Robert Edge Pine (Painter and publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
October 6 1781 (1781-1781)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right, beneath image
Inscription: Joseph Strutt sculp
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left, beneath image
Inscription: R.E. Pine pinx.\t 1778.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, beneath title
Inscription: Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, October the 6.\th 1781 by R. E. Pine Albermarle Street LONDON.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Allegory
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Stipple engraved
- Stipple Etched
- Line Etched
Dimensions (inches)
20.2 (H) x 25.3 (W) x 17.6 (Image H) x 23.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
51.4 (H) x 64.2 (W) x 44.8 (Image H) x 60 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H (at left): 19.0 in. (48.3 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 23.9 in. (60.8 cm). Chain interval: 3.7-4.0 cm; laid line frequency: 8 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.
Publisher Summary
R. Pine
Publisher Date
10/06/1781
Place of Publication
Albermarle Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
R. Pine
Edition Watermark
Dovecoat with a countermark: "DUPUY FIN AUVERGNE 1742"
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 57, pp. 150-151.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 137, pp. 213-214.Book: Eaton, Linda. 2007 Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: p 144Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Doolittle's copy of this engraving: vol. 2, no. 522, p. 90.Book: Stewart, Robert G. 1979 Robert Edge Pine: A British Portrait Painter in America 1784-1788.
• Print discussed on p.17.