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Print (Etching)
The able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.
Robert Baldwin
May 1 1774 (1774-1774)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Robert Baldwin (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1976.0040 A
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1976.0040 A
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
The able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Robert Baldwin (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
May 1 1774 (1774-1774)
Subject(s)
- Social/political commentary
- Medical
- Apothecary
- Pharmacy
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched
Dimensions (inches)
5.2 (H) x 8.3 (W) x 3.7 (Image H) x 6.4 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.2 (H) x 21.1 (W) x 9.3 (Image H) x 16.2 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 4.4 in. (11.1 cm). Plate W: 7.2 in. (18.4 cm). Chain interval: 2.5 cm; laid line frequency: 8 per cm. H at left. W at bottom.
Publisher Summary
R. Baldwin
Publisher Date
05/01/1774
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
R. Baldwin
Edition Watermark
Partial watermark of a fleur-de-lis
Edition Notes
From The London Magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. (London: Printed for R. Baldwin, [April] May 1, 1774), p. 184.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 45, pp.126-127.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 89, pp. 144-145.Book: Library of Congress & Cresswell, Donald H. 1975 The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints: A Checklist of 1765-1790 Graphics in the Library of Congress. Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell.
• Print listed as no. 664.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. 5226, pp. 165-166.