RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
Shakespeare's King Lear, early proof
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
print; Etching
Date made: 1792
referenced: Shakespeare, William
publisher: Boydell, John
Boydell, Josiah
original artist: West, Benjamin
maker: Sharp, William
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: sheet: 45.75 cm x 58.8 cm; 18 in x 23 1/8 in
Credit line: Estate of Leonard Hastings Schoff
Topics: Theater
Amusements
Art
Description: Shakespeare's plays have engaged audiences for centuries, and his theatrical subject matter has influenced the visual arts as well. In the 1790s, London publishers John and Josiah Boydell opened the "Shakspeare Gallery" filled with paintings commissioned
to depict scenes from the plays. One hundred of these images were engraved as large prints and proved to be so popular that several editions were published, including an American edition in the 1840s.
<I>King Lear,</I> showing Lear in the storm from Act III, Scene iv, was engraved in 1793 by William Sharp (1749–1824) after the painting by Benjamin West (1738–1820). This dramatic scene was considered a powerful moral lesson representing energy of thought and action. The painting came to the United States in 1807, part of the collection of engineer Robert Fulton (1765–1815). It was exhibited in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York and is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Many collectors considered Sharp's engraving of King Lear the finest of the prints in Boydells' Shakspeare Gallery series. Vermont Congressman George Perkins Marsh and President Thomas Jefferson owned prints from the Shakspeare Gallery. This impression from the original English edition came to the Museum in 1979 as a bequest from the family of American artist Stephen Alonzo Schoff (1818–1904), a bank-note engraver who also produced prints in larger formats. Schoff studied art in Europe between 1839 and 1841, and he acquired a significant collection of European and American prints to serve as his working visual library. He owned this preliminary etched proof prepared in an acid bath and a final state of the print finished by hand with the burin, an engraver's cutting tool.
Shakespeare's King Lear, final proof
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
print; Engraving
Date made: 1793
referenced: Shakespeare, William
original artist: West, Benjamin
publisher: Boydell, John
Boydell, Josiah
maker: Sharp, William
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: image: 44.2 cm x 59.3 cm; 17 3/8 in x 23 3/8 in
plate: 50.3 cm x 59.3 cm; 19 13/16 in x 23 3/8 in
sheet: 51.8 cm x 65 cm; 20 3/8 in x 25 9/16 in
Credit line: Estate of Leonard Hastings Schoff
Topics: Theater
Amusements
Art
Description: Shakespeare's plays have engaged audiences for centuries, and his theatrical subject matter has influenced the visual arts as well. In the 1790s, London publishers John and Josiah Boydell opened the "Shakspeare Gallery" filled with paintings they commissioned to depict scenes from the plays. One hundred of these images were engraved as large prints and proved to be so popular that several editions were published, including an American edition in the 1840s.
<I>King Lear,</I> showing Lear in the storm from Act III, Scene IV, was engraved in 1793 by William Sharp (1749–1824) after the painting by Benjamin West (1738–1820). This dramatic scene was considered a powerful moral lesson representing energy of thought and action. The painting came to the United States in 1807, part of the collection of engineer Robert Fulton (1765–1815). It was exhibited in Philadelphia, Boston, and New York and is now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Many collectors considered Sharp's engraving of King Lear the finest of the prints in Boydells' Shakspeare Gallery series. Vermont Congressman George Perkins Marsh and President Thomas Jefferson owned prints from the Shakspeare Gallery. This impression from the original English edition came to the Museum in 1979 as a bequest from the family of American artist Stephen Alonzo Schoff (1818–1904), a bank-note engraver who also produced prints in larger formats. Schoff studied art in Europe between 1839 and 1841, and he acquired a significant collection of European and American prints to serve as his working visual library. He owned a preliminary etched proof prepared in an acid bath and this final state of the print finished by hand with the burin, an engraver's cutting tool.
Madonna and Child
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Drawings
Print; Pen and Ink
date made: c. 1800
graphic artist: Morghen, Raphael
original artist: Raphael
place original made and drawing made: Italy
place copy made: Spain
Measurements: overall: 60 cm x 46 cm; 23 5/8 in x 18 1/8 in
La Promenade Publique
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
print
aquatint
Print; Aquatint
Date made: 1792
graphic artist: Debucourt, Philibert-Louis
printer: Blin
publisher: Depeuille
place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris
Measurements: image: 37 cm x 60.5 cm; 14 9/16 in x 23 13/16 in
plate: 46.5 cm x 65 cm; 18 5/16 in x 25 9/16 in
sheet: 50.5 cm x 74 cm; 19 7/8 in x 29 1/8 in
Topics: Art
Parks, public
Christ's charge to Peter
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Engraving
Print; Engraving
date made: 1810
maker: Slann, R.
Holloway, Thomas
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 47.8 cm x 76.9 cm; 18 13/16 in x 30 9/32 in
Meleager and Atalanta
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
print
mezzotint
Mezzotint
Print; Mezzotint
date made: 1781
engraver: Earlom, Richard
original artist: Rubens, Peter Paul
delineator: Farington, George
publisher: Boydell, John
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 52.75 cm x 88.5 cm; 20 25/32 in x 34 27/32 in
Credit line: Marsh Collection
Topics: Marsh Collection
Art
Hunting
Animals
Dogs
Communications
Mythology
Description: Mezzotint after painting formerly attributed to Peter Paul Rubens once in the Gallery at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, as a cartoon for a tapestry by the workshop of Rubens, with the figures possibly added by Theodor van Thulden. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Pencil note indicates it was removed for framing in 1894. Secretary's Library stamp embossed below image near title.
A Fruit Market
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
print
mezzotint
Mezzotint
Print; Mezzotint
date made: 1775
engraver: Earlom, Richard
delineator: Farington, Joseph
publisher: Boydell, John
artist attribution: Boeckhorst, Jan
original artist: Snyders, Frans
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: ink (overall material)
paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 44.25 cm x 60 cm; 17 13/32 in x 23 5/8 in
plate: 41.5 cm x 57.25 cm; 16 11/32 in x 22 17/32 in
Credit line: Marsh Collection
Topics: Marsh Collection
Women
Art
Communications
Food
Description: Mezzotint after original painting by Frans Snyders once in the Gallery at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Originally attributed to Snyders and Long John, a nickname for Jan Boeckhorst. Print removed from George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Notation on mounting sheet "Fruit Market. Snyders & Long John, pinxt. Richard Earlom sculp. Taken out for framing March 17, 1894." SI Secretary's Library stamp embossed below image to the left of title.
procession, wallpaper
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
drawing
drawings
wallpapers
Print; Relief
date made: 1793
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 55 cm x 128 cm; 21 21/32 in x 50 13/32 in
overall: 58.5 cm x 18 cm; 23 1/32 in x 7 3/32 in
John Chalon
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Etching
Print; Etching
Date made: 1795
maker: unknown
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 19.2 cm x 15 cm; 7 9/16 in x 5 7/8 in
Jacque Mettenleiter, Painter, and Jean Elie Haid, Engraver
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
print
mezzotint
Mezzotint
Print; Mezzotint
Date made: 1784
graphic artist: Haid, Johann Elias
maker: Mettenleiter, Johann Jakob
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 34.5 cm x 37.7 cm; 13 9/16 in x 14 13/16 in
Credit line: Holman Collection
Topics: Art
Printmaking
Communications
Art Collectors and collecting
Description: Mezzotint engraving, trimmed. The contemplative appeal of a print collection is evident in this dual portrait. It also represents the close relationship forged between the painter (Mettenleiter) and the engraver (Haid) who interpreted his work for a wider audience.
J. J. Deboissieu
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Engraving
Print; Engraving
Date made: 1796
maker: Boissieu, Jean-Jacques de
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 46 cm x 32.7 cm; 18 1/8 in x 12 7/8 in
plate: 38 cm x 29.6 cm; 14 15/16 in x 11 5/8 in
image: 28.9 cm x 23.3 cm; 11 3/8 in x 9 3/16 in
Virgin in the Meadow
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: proof
proof
print
Etching
proof; Etching
date made: 1810
original artist: Raphael
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: plate: 51.2 cm x 36 cm; 20 5/32 in x 14 3/16 in
Topics: Art
Virgin and Child
Communications
Religion
The New York Spectator, Vol. XIII, No. 1269, February 24, 1810
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Newspaper; Print; Letterpress
Date made: February, 24, 1810
date made: 1810-02-24
maker: New York Spectator, The
place made: United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 20 in x 12 in; 50.8 cm x 30.48 cm
Credit line: Ture Heed
The Boston Gazette & Country Journal, March 12, 1770
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Newspaper; Print; Letterpress
Date made: March 12, 1770
date made: 1770-03-12
maker: Boston Gazette and Country Journal, The
publisher: Boston Gazette, The
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
The Port Folio, 1802
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
prints
Newspaper; Prints; Letterpress
Date made: 1802
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Weekly Museum, January 1, 1803
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Newspaper; Print; Letterpress
Date made: 1803
January 01, 1803
place made: United States: New York, New York City
Connecticut Gazette
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Newspaper; Print; Letterpress
Date made: 1795
place made: United States: Connecticut
The Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, 1789
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Newspaper
Newspaper; Print; Letterpress
Date made: 1789
place made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Internal View of the Silver Mines ... in Hungary
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Print; Engraving
Date made: 1805
Measurements: image: 17 cm x 12 cm; 6 11/16 in x 4 3/4 in
sheet: 26 cm x 19.5 cm; 10 1/4 in x 7 11/16 in
Copper Works Near Holywell
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Print; Etching
Date made: 1792
Measurements: image: 12 cm x 18 cm; 4 3/4 in x 7 1/16 in
plate: 15 cm x 20 cm; 5 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in
sheet: 21 cm x 27 cm; 8 1/4 in x 10 5/8 in
Essays ...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Print; Engraving
date made: 1793
place made: United States: New York, New York City
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 15.8 cm x 10.4 cm; 6 7/32 in x 4 3/32 in
English manuscript
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sheet (Paper)
sheet (paper)
manuscript
Sheet (Paper); Manuscript
date made: 1800
A Dissertation Wherein the Strange Doctrine Lately Published ... is Examined ..., Increase Mather, Boston, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
sheet (paper)
Print; Letterpress
date made: 1790
maker: Mather, Increase
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8 in x 6 in; 20.32 cm x 15.24 cm
The Voyage of Don Gonzales
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
sheet, paper
Letterpress
Print; Letterpress
date printed: 1786
graphic artist: Hogg, Alexander
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Measurements: overall: 44.6 cm x 56.8 cm; 17 9/16 in x 22 3/8 in
overall: 37.4 cm x 22.7 cm; 14 23/32 in x 8 15/16 in
Voyages to the Canary Islands, Etc.
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
sheet, paper
Letterpress
Print; Letterpress
date printed: 1786
graphic artist: Hogg, Alexander
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Measurements: overall: 56.8 cm x 44.4 cm; 22 3/8 in x 17 15/32 in
overall: 37.4 cm x 23.1 cm; 14 23/32 in x 9 3/32 in
A New Version of the Psalms of David ...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Book; Bookbinding
date made: 1772
associated date: 1789
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Measurements: overall: 9.8 cm x 6.3 cm x .8 cm; 3 27/32 in x 2 15/32 in x 5/16 in
The Book of Common Prayer ...
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Book; Bookbinding
date made: 1772
associated date: 1772
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Measurements: overall: 10 cm x 6.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 3 15/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 31/32 in
The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, 1790
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Book
Letterpress
Book; Bookbinding
date made: 1790
associated date: 1790
place made: United Kingdom
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 26.7 cm x 21.8 cm x 8 cm; 10 1/2 in x 8 19/32 in x 3 5/32 in
Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Prints, Set of
plate, printing
Prints, Set of; Engraving
date made: ca 1800
place made: United States
Physical Description: copper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 2 in x 2 in; 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
Duck Shooting
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Print; Pochoir; Engraving
date made: 1790
maker: Morland, George
Rowlandson, Thomas
place made: United States: New York, New York
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 43.5 cm x 56 cm; 17 1/8 in x 22 1/16 in
The Miser
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
etching
Etching
date made: 18th century
original artist: Ostade, Adriaen van
Associated Place: Europe
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 23.5 cm x 16 cm; 9 1/4 in x 6 5/16 in
Credit line: Marsh Collection
Topics: Marsh Collection
Art
Communications
Description: Etching, trimmed, lacking the credit line that appears on other impressions: "Aus der Sammlung des Canonicus Speth." [from the collection of Canon Speth] which suggests that van Ostade's painting was once owned by Speth.
A Lady Reading
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: print
mezzotint
Mezzotint
date made: 1775
engraver: Earlom, Richard
delineator: Farington, George
publisher: Boydell, John
original artist: Bol, Ferdinand
place made: United Kingdom: England, London
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 47.75 cm x 32.25 cm; 18 13/16 in x 12 11/16 in
plate: 45.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 17 29/32 in x 12 in
Credit line: Marsh Collection
Topics: Marsh Collection
Women
Art
Books and reading
Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
Communications
Description: Mezzotint after original painting by Ferdinand Bol once in the Gallery at Houghton. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, with descriptive title Portrait of an Old Woman with a Book. Print removed from George P. Marsh's copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 1. Pencil note on mounting sheet indicates print was taken out for Cincinnati Exhibition, 1888.
fitted sewing case with needlework tools
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Sewing Case
Date made: 18th Century
Measurements: overall: 9.144 cm x 6.985 cm x 5.08 cm; 3 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 in
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. H. F. Hallock
Map of the State of New York
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
print
map
Print; Engraving
date made: ca 1800
graphic artist: Doolittle, Amos
original artist: Denison, J.
publisher: Thomas and Andrews
place made: United States: Connecticut
Measurements: overall: 18.8 cm x 24.3 cm; 7 3/8 in x 9 9/16 in
Pennsylvania
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Print
Print; Engraving
date made: ca 1800
graphic artist: Doolittle, Amos
place made: United States: Connecticut
Measurements: overall: 19.2 cm x 33.5 cm; 7 9/16 in x 13 3/16 in
The American Apollo, No. 4, Vol. 1, January 27, 1792
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: Pamphlet
pamphlet
booklet
relief
Date made: 1792, January 27
printer: Belknap and Young
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Associated Place: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 23 cm x 13.9 cm; 9 1/16 in x 5 1/2 in
Topics: Colonial America
Tall Case Clock
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: case clock
clock, tall case
date made: ca 1799
maker: Willard, Simon
Measurements: overall: 94 1/4 in x 20 in x 10 in; 239.395 cm x 50.8 cm x 25.4 cm
pendulum: 43 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 1/2 in; 110.49 cm x 12.065 cm x 1.27 cm
winding crank: 4 1/2 in x 3 in x 19/32 in; 11.43 cm x 7.62 cm x 1.524 cm
case key: 1 3/4 in x 3/4 in x 3/16 in; 4.445 cm x 1.905 cm x .508 cm
hood: 25 1/2 in x 19 in x 9 1/2 in; 64.77 cm x 48.26 cm x 24.13 cm
case: 82 3/4 in x 20 in x 10 in; 210.185 cm x 50.8 cm x 25.4 cm
wood parts to hood: fretwork: 9 in x 6 1/2 in x 3/16 in; 22.86 cm x 16.51 cm x .508 cm
wood parts to hood: chimney: 3 3/16 in x 1 5/16 in x 1 5/16 in; 8.128 cm x 3.302 cm x 3.302 cm
finial #1: 7 in x 3 in; 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm
finial #2: 6 3/4 in x 3 in; 17.145 cm x 7.62 cm
finial #3: 7 in x 3 in; 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm
movement: 16 1/4 in x 14 in x 6 1/2 in; 41.275 cm x 35.56 cm x 16.51 cm
screw #1: 1 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x .635 cm
screw #2: 1 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 3.175 cm x .635 cm
Description: By the end of the eighteenth century when this clock was made, the most common style of domestic clock came to look like a piece of household furniture. A wooden case enclosed the movement, weights and pendulum. Through a glass window, the dial was visible.
The dial of this clock is signed “Simon Willard,” one of the most prominent clockmakers in the Boston area of his era. With his brother Aaron, he coordinated an extensive network of independent artisans for building clocks. They set up two separate workshops in Roxbury, close to the Boston market and shipping routes, and employed more than a score of workmen. They also attracted to the locale additional independent craftsmen with related skills. More than twenty clockmakers, cabinetmakers, dial painters and gilders worked for the Willards in Roxbury by 1807. To meet customer demand for things with English style and quality, they provided English-made clocks under their signatures, assembled English clock kits and made clocks from English components. They even made clock parts of their own.
References:
Robert C, Cheney, “Roxbury Eight-Day Movements and the English Connection, 1785-1825,” <i>Antiques</i> (April 2000), 606-615.
Philip Zea and Robert C. Cheney, <i>Clock Making in New England, 1725-1825</i> (Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Village, 1992).
Armchair
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: armchair
Armchair; Chair; Furniture; Arm
date made: 1808 - 1812
patent date: 1808-08-31
maker: Gragg, Samuel
place made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
Physical Description: wood (overall material)
paint (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 25 in x 20 1/2 in x 35 in; 63.5 cm x 52.07 cm x 88.9 cm
overall: 34 7/8 in x 20 1/4 in x 22 in; 88.5825 cm x 51.435 cm x 55.88 cm
Credit line: Gift of Dr. Richard H. Howland
Topics: Furnishings
chair
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: chair
date made: 1800s
place made: France
Measurements: overall: 45 in x 32 in x 27 in; 114.3 cm x 81.28 cm x 68.58 cm
30 Shillings, Massachusetts, 1775
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: note
date on object: 1775-08-18
date made: 1775
maker: Revere, Paul
place made: United States: Massachusetts
province: United States: Massachusetts
political area: United States
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 10 cm x 7.6 cm x .01 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 in x in
Credit line: Mr. Stanley Apfelbaum
Topics: NNC Colonial Currency
40 Dollars, South Carolina, 1779
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: note
date on object: 1779-02-08
date made: 1779
maker: Coram, Thomas
place made: United States: South Carolina
province: United States: South Carolina
country: United States
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8.2 cm x 13.43 cm x .01 cm; 3 7/32 in x 5 9/32 in x in
Topics: NNC Colonial Currency
3 Shillings, Massachusetts, 1779
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: note
date made: 1779
date on object: 1782-12-01
issuing authority: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
maker: Revere, Paul
Fleet, Thomas
place made: United States: Massachusetts
city: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
province: United States: Massachusetts
city and province: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
political area: United States
Physical Description: paper (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 7.6 cm x 6.6 cm x .01 cm; 3 in x 2 19/32 in x in
Topics: NNC Colonial Currency
Wayne Radiator Emblem
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: emblem, radiator
emblem, radiator; Road; Automobile
Measurements: overall: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 3.81 cm x 8.89 cm
Credit line: Hubert G. Larson
Topics: Transportation
Radiator Emblems
Road Transportation
Description: This radiator emblem belonged to a Wayne automobile that was manufactured by the Wayne Automobile Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1904 and 1908. The car was named after Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne, whose portrait appeared on some of the car’s emblems. This brass emblem simply reads “WAYNE/AUTOMOBILE CO./MODEL NO./DETROIT, MICH.”
Radiator emblems are small, colorful metal plates bearing an automobile manufacturer's name or logo that attached to the radiators grilles of early automobiles. Varying in shape and size, the emblems served as a small branding device, sometimes indicating the type of engine, place of manufacturing, or using an iconic image or catchy slogan to advertise their cars make and model. This emblem is part of the collection that was donated by Hubert G. Larson in 1964.