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Print (Etching)
Bold Jack! pray, what's the business to-day?...
1770-1790
Category
Prints and Maps
Place of Origin
Netherlands; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1977.0211
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1977.0211
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
Bold Jack! pray, what's the business to-day?...
Category
Prints and Maps
Place of Origin
Netherlands; Europe
Origin Notes
Origin is the Netherlands or England.
Date
1770-1790
Subject(s)
- Social/political commentary
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Line Etched
- Line engraved
Dimensions (inches)
10 (H) x 11.2 (W) x 9.9 (Image H) x 11.2 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
25.4 (H) x 28.4 (W) x 25.2 (Image H) x 28.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate marks trimmed. Chain intervals: 2.7-2.9 cm; 6 laid lines per cm.
Edition Watermark
Partial fleur de lis above letters "B BRU"
Edition Notes
Watermark probably of B. Brun, who was associated with a mill in Angoumois.
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. 106, pp. 170-171.