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A DISPLAY of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Amos Doolittle
October 1 1791 (1791-1791)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Amos Doolittle (Engraver, printer and publisher)
Place of Origin
New Haven; Connecticut; New Haven; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1961.1742
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1961.1742
Object Name
Print (Line engraving)
Title
A DISPLAY of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Amos Doolittle (Engraver, printer and publisher)
Place of Origin
New Haven; Connecticut; New Haven; New England; United States; North America
Date
October 1 1791 (1791-1791)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, beneath title
Inscription: Printed & Sold by A. Doolittle New Haven where Engraving & Rolling Press Printing is performed.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
- Armorial device
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Engraved
- Etched
- Line engraved
- Stipple engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Construction Description
Two sheets of laid paper joined together before printing.
Dimensions (inches)
23.6 (H) x 19.5 (W) x 20.4 (Image H) x 16.5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
60 (H) x 49.5 (W) x 51.9 (Image H) x 41.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 20.9 in. (53.1 cm). Plate W: 17.0 in. (43.3 cm). Chain interval: 2.7-2.9 cm. Laid line interval: 8 per cm.
Publisher Summary
A. Doolittle
Publisher Date
10/01/1791
Place of Publication
New Haven, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
Publisher Name
A. Doolittle
Edition State
II or III
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Edition Notes
State I published in 1789. Listed as Hart 840b.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Print Published: no. 35, pp.106-107.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 212, p. 317.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. 112, pp. 43-44.Book: Hart, Charles Henry. 1904 Catalogue of the Engraved Portraits of Washington.
• Compare with states recorded on pp. 355-356. (840b?)Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as cat. no. 521, p. 90.