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BERNARDUS MOURIK (1709-1791)
after Charles Wilson Peale (1741-1827)
Etching, 1783
Height 16.2;
sub-height 14.6; width 12.1; head, diameter [3.3] cm
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Boglewood: 1554
Hart: 58 |
Image
not available
Description
(Hart):
Bust, to left, head to right, in uniform. Circular medallion,
with border, 3/16/ containing title, in the center of a plate, at
top, containing in each corner a medallion with profile portraits
of "John Adams," "Generaal Gates," "Henry
Laurens," and "Benjamin Franklin." In the middle
of plate an American flag, on an oval shield encircled with thirteen
stars and thirteen stripes. On either side, six suspended
tablets containing the names of twelve of the thirteen States, in
Dutch, with "New Hampshire." on a separated tablet, under
the medallion of Washington. On a base, at bottom, "MDCCLXXXIII."
Enclosed in rectangle, with border line, 2/16.
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Source
image:
Charles Wilson Peale,
Type not identified.
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Text:
In de Mercurius October, 1783. 2de Stuk. Pag 162. / De Generaal
Waschington. / Ter Gedachtenis, van het Onafhangelyk Verklaaren der /
13 Americaansche Provintien, Door de Engelschen. / B: Mourik Escudit..
[Within design: "John Adams", "Generaal Gates", "Henry Laurens", "Benjamin Franklin".] |
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Version I: (1797) As described.
Published in: Maandelykse Nederlandsche Mercurius (October 1783), a monthly magazine published in Amsterdam by Bernardus Mourik. |
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