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Print (Etching)
THE REPEAL. Or the Funeral Procession of MISS AMERIC-STAMP.
Benjamin Wilson
1766-1770
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Benjamin Wilson (Copy after)
Place of Origin
United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.1262
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1957.1262
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
THE REPEAL. Or the Funeral Procession of MISS AMERIC-STAMP.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Benjamin Wilson (Copy after)
Place of Origin
United Kingdom or United States; Europe or North America
Origin Notes
Origin probably London.
Date
1766-1770
Subject(s)
- Social/political commentary
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched with burin work
- Engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
11.8 (H) x 16 (W) x 7.9 (Image H) x 13.4 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
30 (H) x 40.7 (W) x 20.1 (Image H) x 34 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 9.9 in. (25.1 cm). Plate W: 13.8 in. (35.1 cm). Chain intervals: 2.5-2.8 cm; 8 laid lines per cm. Frame H: 13.0 in. (32.9 cm). Frame W: 16.9 in. (43.0 cm). Frame D: 0.9 in. (2.2 cm). H at left. W at bottom. D at bottom left.
Edition Watermark
Strasburg lily with the initials: "LVG"
Coloring
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 41, pp.118-119.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 87, pp. 140-141.Book: The British Museum & Stephens, Frederic George. 1883 Catalogue of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum: Political and Personal Satires. 4.
• Print listed as no. 4140, see pp. 368-373.