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DOS2005-PC-334
Mr. William Woolett
DOS2005-PC-334

Mr. William Woolett

Date1785
Engraver Caroline Watson
After work by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) (1755-1825)
Publisher John Boydell
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint and stipple with line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 4 7/8 × 7 3/4in. (12.4 × 19.7cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1993-24
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Gabriel Stuart Pinxit./ John Boydell excudit 1785/ Caroline Watson sculpsit./ Engraver to her Majesty./ M.R WILLIAM WOOLETT,/ HISTORICAL ENGRAVER to his MAJESTY,/ Born at Maidstone in Kent, Aug.t 15.th, 1735, Died May 23.d 1785./ From the Original Picture, in the Proprietors Gallery"
Label TextThis portrait of engraver William Woollett was taken from a painting by Gilbert Stuart. Woollet is posed as though he is engraving a copy of Benjamin West's painting "The Death of General Wolfe," for which he was well known. A detail of the painting appears in the back left.
D2006-CMD-013
LORD GEORGE GERMAIN One of His MAJESTY'S principal Secretaries of State &c. &c. &c.
November 1, 1780
D2005-CMD-553
"WILLIAM PENN'S Treaty with the INDIANS, when he founded the PROVINCE of PENSYLVANIA in NORTH AMERICA 1681.
June 12, 1775
2019-49, Map
A Map of South Carolina and a part of Georgia. Containing the Whole Sea-Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes, Townships, Boroughs, Roads and Bridges: As Also, Several Plantations, with their proper Boundary-Lines, and the Names of the Propietors. Composed From Surveys taken by the Hon. William Bull Esq. Lieutenant Governor, Captain Gascoign, Hugh Bryan, Esq.; and William De Brahm Esqr. Surveyor General of the Southn. District of North America, Republished with considerable Additions, from the Surveys made & collected by John Stuart Esqr. His Majesty's Superintendant of Indian Affairs. By William Faden Successor to the late T. Jefferys, Geographer to the King. Charing Cross 1780.
1780
1950-736, Print
A View of the TOWN and HARBOUR of PORTSMOUTH, with his Majesty's FLEET under SAIL.
1755
D2006-CMD-886
William Woollett, Engraver to his Majesty
1784
1975-319, Print
A MUSICAL CONVERSATION.
December 21, 1770
Map 1973-322
A MAP of/ SOUTH CAROLINA/ And a PART of/ GEORGIA./ containing the Whole/ Sea-Coast; all the Islands, Inlets, Rivers, Creeks, Parishes,/ Townships, Boroughs, Roads, and Bridges:/ AS ALSO,/ Several Plantations, with their proper Boundary-Lines...
1757
1941-218, Print
Mr. Foote in the Character of Mayor Sturgeon, in the Mayor of Garrat
1765
D2005-CMD-103
Mr. Garrick in the Farmer's Return
1766
D2006-CMD-001
Portrait of John Boydell
1772
TC2000-0591
PLAN/ of the/ CITY of NEW YORK,/ in/ NORTH AMERICA:/ Surveyed in the Years 1766 & 1767.
January 12, 1776
1956-119, Print
THE BAND OF SAVOYARDS.
1785