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Horton

Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry

Description

Maker

Horton (American, 19th century), designer

Title

Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry

Year

1867

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

steel engraving

Supports

Dimensions

20.6 x 27.8 cm (8 1/8 x 10 15/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:In brown ink (filling in blanks on printed certificate):Clifton A. HallProvidence19th/June 1867; signed on left:W N Staples ; on right:William Sprague Verso:in pencil in LL:End 1918; on white label in LL in black ink:E(red ink) A/1846In Plate--Text of certificate:Agriculture Manufacturers/AND THE MECHANIC ARTS./The Rhode Island Society FOR THE Encouragement OF Domestic/Industry/admitted_______of______on the________ day of/ ______A. D._____ into the said Society and granted/him all the privileges and rights of a Member thereof for life,/In Testimony of which their Seal is affixed./_____Sect. _________Pres.t

Marks: Stamped in brown ink on verso:R.I.S.D./MUSEUM/OF ARTsurrounded byPROVIDENCE/RHODE ISLANDall inscribed in a circle Blindstamp in LL:THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT/OF DOMESTIC INDUSTRYaround a shield with an anchor, all in a circle.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Clifton A. Hall

Object Number

18.841.2

Type

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Horton (American, 19th century), designer
Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry, 1867
steel engraving
20.6 x 27.8 cm (8 1/8 x 10 15/16 inches) (plate)
Gift of Mrs. Clifton A. Hall 18.841.2

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