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On Display: House - Dining Room Cross Hall
Print (Etching)
FEDERAL HALL/ The Seat of CONGRESS
Amos Doolittle, Peter Lacour
1790
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Amos Doolittle (Engraver)
Place of Origin
New Haven; Connecticut; New Haven; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.0816 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1957.0816 A
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
FEDERAL HALL/ The Seat of CONGRESS
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Amos Doolittle (Engraver); Peter Lacour (Draftsman)
Place of Origin
New Haven; Connecticut; New Haven; New England; United States; North America
Date
1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: Peter Lacour delin.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right beneath image
Inscription: A. Dolittle Sculp\t.
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center
Inscription: Printed & Sold by A. Doolittle New-Haven 1790
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- American Eagle
- Building view
- George Washington
- Historical
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Line Etched with burin work
- Engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
18.25 (H) x 14.4 (W) x 16.5 (Image H) x 12.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
46.35 (H) x 36.6 (W) x 42 (Image H) x 32.2 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 16.7 in. (42.3 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 12.8 in. (32.6 cm).
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with transparent watercolors
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. 287, p. 408.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 14, pp.64-5.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. 63, p. 32.Article: Richards, Nancy E. 10//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part I. Antiques. 100 (4): 586-590.
• Published: fig. no. 5, p. 590.Book: Minardi, Lisa. 2011 Pastors & Patriots: The Muhlenberg Family of Pennsylvania.
• Published: p. 58, fig. 3.14.Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 533.Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2014 Adam Hains and the Philadelphia-Reading Connection. American Furniture. 143-201.
• Published: p. 161, fig. 33.Book: 2013 Understanding the American Promise: A History, Volume I: To 1877: A History of the United States. 1.
Book: Stokes, I. N. Phelps & Haskell, Daniel Carl. 1932 American Historical Prints: Early Views of American Cities, Etc.
• 35-36, 1789--B-124