[Social Library Company] Artist: Amos Doolittle (American, 1754–1832)

mid-18th to mid-19th century

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Etching and engraving (bookplate)

Dimensions

sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 9 cm)

Credit Line

Yale University Art Gallery

Accession Number

1996.1.1005

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Prints

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Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

etchings

Marks

paper= Wove

Inscriptions

Inscribed on upper banner: Social Library Company; middle banner: Theology / History / Biography / Voyages & Travels / Classical; LR: A. Doolittle del et sculp; LC: "Tis Books a lasting pleasure can supply / charm while we live & teach us how to die...

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