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Print (Etching)
(Engraved blank for a Certificate of Membership in the Order of the Cincinnati)
J. J. Leveau, Pierre L'Enfant
1783-1784
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
J. J. Leveau (Etcher)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1971.0219
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1971.0219
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
(Engraved blank for a Certificate of Membership in the Order of the Cincinnati)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
J. J. Leveau (Etcher); Pierre L'Enfant (Designer)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Origin Notes
The copperplate was etched in Paris.
Secondary Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
The plate was later brought to the United States and published with letters.
Date
1783-1784
Subject(s)
- Allegory
- American eagle
- Society of Cincinnati
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched
Dimensions (inches)
17 (H) x 23.4 (W) x 13.7 (Image H) x 20.6 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
43.2 (H) x 59.5 (W) x 34.7 (Image H) x 52.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 14.6 in. (37.1 cm). Plate W: 21.5 in. (54.6 cm). Chain interval: 3.7-3.8 cm; laid lines 8 per cm.
Publisher Date
01/01/1784
Edition State
Proof without letters
Edition Watermark
Faint eighteenth-century French watermark with dovecote and the name "T. DUPUY/ AUVERGNE" with an illegible date
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. 183, pp. 266-267.