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Print (Engraving)
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Major General of the Armies of the United States of America. Secretary of the Treasury &c. &c.
William Rollinson, Columbia Academy of Painting, Archibald Robertson
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
William Rollinson (Engraver and publisher)
Place of Origin
New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1958.2058 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.2058 A
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Major General of the Armies of the United States of America. Secretary of the Treasury &c. &c.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
William Rollinson (Engraver and publisher); Columbia Academy of Painting (Publisher); Archibald Robertson (Painter)
Place of Origin
New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Subject(s)
- Hamilton
- Alexander
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Stipple engraved
- Line Etched
- Line engraved
Dimensions (inches)
23 (H) x 17.6 (W) x 17.6 (Image H) x 13.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
58.4 (H) x 44.6 (W) x 44.6 (Image H) x 34.7 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate mark: H: 57.1 cm. W: 43.4 cm. Chain intervals 4.0-4.1 cm; laid lines 6-7 per cm.
Publisher Summary
William Rollinson and the Columbia Academy of Painting
Publisher Date
08/28/1804
Place of Publication
New York, United States, North America
Publisher Name
William Rollinson and the Columbia Academy of Painting
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: cat. no. 229, p. 334.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. 114, p. 44.Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2709, pp. 447-448.