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Print (Engraving)
BRITONS-BEHOLDS/ The Best of KINGS.
Nathaniel Hurd
1762
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Nathaniel Hurd (Engraver)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1958.2374 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.2374 A
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
BRITONS-BEHOLDS/ The Best of KINGS.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Nathaniel Hurd (Engraver)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Date
1762
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center, in base of plinth
Inscription: Nathaniel Hurd Sculp. 1762.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Portrait
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Construction Description
Platemark unusually shaped, following arched shape of design.
Dimensions (inches)
4.4 (H) x 5.7 (W) x 3.8 (Image H) x 5 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.2 (H) x 14.6 (W) x 9.6 (Image H) x 12.6 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Arched-top plate. Plate H (at center): 3.9 in. (9.9 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 5.2 in. (13.1 cm). Image H at center. Image W taken .4 cm up from the bottom. Chain intervals: 2.5 cm; 11 laid lines per cm.
Publisher Date
01/01/1762
Place of Publication
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 25, pp. 86-7.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 193, pp. 295-6.