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Print (Etching)
FAMILY ELECTIONEERING_ or Candidate Bob in his GLORY.
William Charles
1807
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
William Charles (Etcher)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1977.0109
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1977.0109
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
FAMILY ELECTIONEERING_ or Candidate Bob in his GLORY.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
William Charles (Etcher)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1807
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right, beneath image
Inscription: Pub,,\d at Charles' Repository of Arts/ New York 1807
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Social/political commentary
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Etched
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
9.06 (H) x 13 (W) x 8.6 (Image H) x 13 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23 (H) x 33.1 (W) x 21.9 (Image H) x 32.9 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Trimmed within plate marks.
Place of Publication
Charles' Repository of Arts, New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
Edition Notes
This impression is the only extant copy and state of this etching.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Stagg, Allison M. 2023 Prints of a New Kind: Political Caricature in the United States.
• Published: p. 105, fig. 69Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 330, pp. 468-469.Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 332, p. 58.Article: Fowble, E. McSherry. "William Charles' 'Family Electioneering or Candidate Bob in his Glory,". Imprint. 3 (1)
• See pp. 16-18, 20.Article: Lanmon, Lorraine Welling. 1976 "American Caricature in the English Tradition: The Personal and Political Satires of William Charles,". Winterthur Portfolio. 11
• See pp. 1-51.