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The Reverend Timothy Cutler. D. D. | Boston N-E. | P. Pelham pinx: et fecit. 1750. P: Pelham in Boston- |

Thomas Hollis late of London Mercht. a most generous Benefactor to Harvard College, in N. E. having founded two Professorships and ten | Scholarships in the said College, given a fine Apparatus for Experimental | Philosophy, & increased the Library with a large Number of valuable Books &c. Jos. Highmore pinx. 1722. Ob: 1731. Et. P: Pelham ab origin: fecit et excudt. 1751. |

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Sir William Pepperrell Bart, Colonel of one of his Majesty's Regiments - of Foot, who was Lieutenant General and Commander in Chief of the American Forces Employ'd in the Expedition against the Island of Cape Breton which was happily Reduced to the Obedience of his Britanick Majesty June the 17, 1745-| J: Smibert Pinx: | . . . | P: Pelham fecit et ex.: 1747. |

Jno: Greenwood Pinx. P. Pelham fecit. | Thomas Prince A. M. | Quintus Ecclesia Australis Bostonii Novanglorum Pastor, e Collegii Harvardini | Cantabrigia Curatoribus, Samuelis Armigeri Filius et Thoma AM. denati Pater Printed for & Sold by J. Buck, at ye Spectacles in Queenstreet Boston. 1750.

The Reverend Joseph Sewall D. D. | J. Smibert, Pinx. P. Pelham Fecit. |

Other Pelham prints on exhibition at the Art Museum were portraits of Cotton Mather, Rev. William Hooper, Thomas Prince, Gov. William Shirley and Rev. John Moorhead.

Mr. Frederick L. Gay of Brookline has had twelve of the Pelham prints reproduced in fac-simile, (only sixty of each being printed) for private distribution, and all were marked as issued by the Pelham Club to indicate that they were not originals.

Another engraving of great interest and rarity is entitled:

A South East View of ye Great Town of Boston in New England, America. It is dedicated

"To Peter Faneuil, Esq., This Prospect of the Town of Boston is Humbly Dedicated,

By Your Most obedt. Humble Serv1.
William Price. 1743."

It is a large engraving printed in three sections, the whole measuring 23 by 28 inches. The original of this view was engraved at London in 1725 by John Harris from a drawing by William Burges and was dedicated to Gov. Shute. The only known original is said to be in the British Museum; a copy was in Boston it is said in 1830 in the City Hall but disappeared at the time the building was taken down. The engraving owned by the Antiquarian Society is a reproduction of the original with changes to bring it up to date 1743 at which time it was printed by William Price, Printer and Map seller in what is now Washington Street and Cornhill Court. Five copies of this are now known, of which that of this Society is believed to be in the best condition. The other four copies are owned by the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston Public Library, Dr. James B. Ayer of Boston, and Herbert Coles of Brookline.

John Harris the engraver of the original is probably the one mentioned in the Dictionary of National Biography as an engraver of works on Architecture who flourished from 1680 to 1740. He engraved "The Encampment of the Royal Army on Hounslow Heath in 1696," and also one, "Ships of the Royal Navey" both of which are scarce. Mr. Justin Winsor believed the drawing for the original was made by William Burges and sent to England to be engraved under Price's direction.

There is also a very poor copy of Bakewell's View of New York in 1746, taken from the Burges's View of 1717. The only known copy of the original is an imperfect one belonging to the New York Historical Society which has been reproduced on a small scale in J. Fiske's Dutch and Quaker

Colonies and in Valentine's Manual of the Corporation of New York for 1849.

The Bakewell reproduction is very rare and most of the copies now known are in poor condition. The full title of this print is:

"A South Prospect of ye Flourishing City of New York in the Province of New York, North America”.

It is dedicated "to His Excellency Sir George Clinton, Esq., Captain-General & Governor in chief of the Province of New York and Territories thereon depending in America. This South Prospect of New York is most Humbly dedicated by Your Excellency's most Humble and Obt. Serv." This Bakewell published March 25, 1746.

Other framed engravings are General Washington. Painted by G. Stuart, 1797. Engraved by C. Goodman & R. Piggot. Published by W. H. Morgan, No. 114 Chestnut St. Philadelphia, 1818.

Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, Published by W. H. Morgan, Philadelphia.

John Quincy Adams, President of the United States. Painted by T. Sully. Engraved by A. B. Durant. Published, Oct. 6, 1826 by W. H. Morgan, 114 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. James Monroe, LL.D., from a painting by King. Engraved by Goodman & Piggot who were pupils of David Edwin.

The Landing of Christopher Columbus on the morning of October 12, 1492. From a painting by E. Savage. Engraved by David Edwin, Philada. Published by E. Savage, Jan' 1", 1800. Edward Savage who was born in Princeton, Mass., in 1761, and died there in 1817, was not only a painter and publisher, but also an engraver. Edwin was an Englishman who came to Philadelphia in 1797 and engraved till 1830. This is considered one of his best works and is rare.

Thomas Jefferson. R. Peale Pinx, D. Edwin, Sc. Published by J. Savage, 1800. James Savage was a copperplate printer and publisher in Philadelphia.

Oliver H. Perry, Esq., of the United States Navy, after Waldo, D. Edwin, Sc.

His Excellency John Adams, President of the United States of America. Dedicated to the Lovers of their Country and Firm Supporters of the Constitution. Engraved by H. Houston. Published by D. Kennedy, 228 Market St., Philadelphia.

Joseph Sewall, D.D., Pastor of the Old South Church, Boston, Ob. 27, June, 1769, aet. 81. Engraved and sold by Nat. Hurd, Boston, 1768.

The Revd Jonathan Mayhew, D. D., Pastor of the West Church in Boston. Richard Jennys, Jr., pinx't & fecit. Printed and Sold by Nat. Hurd, Engraver on ye Exchange.

Mr. Samuel Adams. J. Mitchell pinx't, Saml Okey Fecit. Printed by and for Chas. Reak & Saml Okey, Newport, Rhode Island, April, 1775.

Rev. Mr. William Welsted, of Boston in New England, Aet. 58. 1753. Half length to left, wig, bands, &c. J. S. Copley pinx't et fecit. Printed for & sold by Stepn Whiting at ye Rose & Crown in Union Street, Boston. This is the only known engraving by Copley, the noted portrait painter.

A colored reduced reproduction of an engraving of the Battle of Lexington by Amos Doolittle has lately been received. The original was one of four engraved by Doolittle after a visit to Lexington and Concord.

"In the New Haven Company that set out for Cambridge on the 20 April, 1775 were Mr. Earle,' a portrait painter,

1 Ralph Earle, son of Ralph and Phebe (Whittemore) Earle, born May 11, 1751, in Leicester, Mass.; married, about 1773, Sarah Gates; died August 16, 1801, in Bolton, Conn. Among his works were two full-lengths of President Timothy Dwight, and many portraits which might have been found at Northampton or Springfield. He executed, from sketches taken upon the spot, four historical paintings, believed to be the first historical paintings ever executed by an American artist. One, the battle of Lexington; one, a view of Concord, with the royal troops destroying the stores; one, the battle of the North Bridge in Concord; and one, the south part of Lexington where the first detachment of British troops was joined by Lord Percy, These paintings were engraved and published by Amos Doolittle of New Haven, Conn.

This account is taken from Emory Washburn's History of Leicester, and from Dr. Pliny Earle's "Ralph Earle and his Descendants." Ralph, the painter, was in the sixth generation from the first Ralph.

and Amos Doolittle, an engraver. Mr. Earle made four drawings of Lexington and Concord, which were afterwards engraved by Mr. Doolittle. The plates were about 12 x 18 inches in size."

In "The Connecticut Journal" of Dec. 13, 1775, is the following advertisement:-"This day published. And to be sold at the store of Mr. James Lockwood, near the college in New Haven, four different views of the battles of Lexington and Concord, &c. on the 19 April, 1775." Two of these prints which are now very rare were on exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts.

An interesting colored print is a picture of the Boston Massacre supposed to have been a copy of Revere's well known print, reproduced in London.

At the top of the print is this inscription.

"THE FRUITS OF ARBITRARY POWER OR THE BLOODY MASSACRE, PERPETRATED IN KING STREET, BOSTON ON MARCH 5TH, 1770 IN WHICH MESSES. SAML GRAY, SAM MAVERICK, JAMES CALDWELL, CRISPUS ATTUCKS, PATRICK CARR WERE KILL" SIX OTHERS WOUNDED, TWO OF THEM MORTALLY."

At the bottom:

"HOW LONG SHALL THEY UTTER AND SPEAK HARD THINGS AND ALL THE WORKINGS OF INIQUITY BOAST THEMSELVES; THEY BREAK IN PIECES THY PEOPLE, O LORD AND AFFLICT THINE HERITAGE. THEY SLAY THE WIDOW AND STRANGER AND MURDER THE FATHERLESS-YET THEY SAY THE LORD SHALL NOT SEE NEITHER SHALL THE GOD OF JACOB REGARD IT."-Psalm XXIV.

There are also many hundred engraved portraits in portfolios, some of which are very rare. Mention is made of a few of them.

George Washington, President of the United States. Bust in oval. Savage, pinx't. (William) Rollinson Sc (1760-1848. George Washington, Esqr., President of the United States of America. From the original Picture. Painted in 1790 for the Philosophical Chamber of the University of Cam

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