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Print (Mezzotint)
A SOCIETY of PATRIOTIC LADIES./ AT/ EDENTON in NORTH CAROLINA.
Robert Sayer & John Bennett, Philip Dawe
March 25 1775 (1775-1775)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Robert Sayer & John Bennett (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.1255
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1255
Object Name
Print (Mezzotint)
Title
A SOCIETY of PATRIOTIC LADIES./ AT/ EDENTON in NORTH CAROLINA.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Robert Sayer & John Bennett (Publisher); Philip Dawe (Mezzotinter)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
March 25 1775 (1775-1775)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, beneath title
Inscription: London, Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, N.\o 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 25 March 1775.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Social/political commentary
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Mezzotint
- Engraving
Dimensions (inches)
14.6 (H) x 10.7 (W) x 12.9 (Image H) x 10 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
37 (H) x 27.1 (W) x 32.7 (Image H) x 25.3 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 13.9 in. (35.4 cm). Plate W: 10.0 in. (25.3 cm). Chain interval: 2.6-2.7 cm; laid line frequency: 9 per cm. Frame H: 17.0 in. (43.2 cm). Frame W: 13.1 in. (33.2 cm). Frame D: 0.8 in. (2.1 cm). H at left. W at bottom. D at bottom left.
Publisher Summary
Robert Sayer & John Bennett
Publisher Date
03/25/1775
Place of Publication
53 Fleet Street, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
Robert Sayer & John Bennett
Edition Watermark
Lily with a bend
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 48, pp.132-133.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 97, pp. 156-157.Article: Sweeney, Erin Michaela. 1998 "The Patriotic Ladies of Edenton, North Carolina: The Layers of Gray in a Black-and-White Print,". Imprint. 23 (2): 20-24.
• Published: p. 120.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. 92, p. 39.Book: The British Museum & George, Mary Dorothy. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. 5.
• Print listed as no. 5284, p. 197.Article: Ackermann, Daniel Kurt. 07//2012 Our Spirited Ancestors: The Decorative Art of Drinking in the Early South. Antiques and Fine Art. XII (1): 156-163.
• Discussion of same print subject: pp. 161 & 163, fig. 14 (MESDA collection)