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On Display: House - Hampton Room
Certificate (Membership certificate)
Membership certificate for Seabury Champlin to the New York Mechanics Society
Abraham Godwin
June 3 1791 (1791-1791)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Abraham Godwin (Engraver)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
- Wax
Museum Object Number
1958.1797 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.1797 A
Object Name
Certificate (Membership certificate)
Title
Membership certificate for Seabury Champlin to the New York Mechanics Society
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Abraham Godwin (Engraver)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
June 3 1791 (1791-1791)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right
Inscription: Abr\m Godwin del\nt et Sculp\t N.York
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Allegory
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
- Wax
Techniques
- Engraved
- Hand colored
- Hand lettered
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
9.1 (H) x 11.6 (W) x 8.5 (Image H) x 11.13 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23 (H) x 29.5 (W) x 21.59 (Image H) x 28.26 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Measurements in frame, by sight. H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 9.0 in. (22.86 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 11.31 in. (28.73 cm). Chain intervals and laid lines per cm not measured.
Coloring
Hand colored with translucent and opaque watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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. 28, p. 20.Book: Kennedy, David M. & Cohen, Lizabeth. 2015 The American Pageant.