Harvard Art Museums > 1942.162: Set of Engraving Tools Artists' Tools Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Set of Engraving Tools , 1942.162,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 24, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/237774. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1942.162 Title Set of Engraving Tools Classification Artists' Tools Work Type printing tools Date c. 1825 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/237774 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Lilias Page Accession Year 1942 Object Number 1942.162 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary Letter of donation: 20 March 1942 Dr. Jakob Rosenberg Print Department Fogg Art Museum Dear Dr. Rosenberg, ... without doubt they were brought from England. Their owner was born in England in 1799, came to this country in 1837 and died in Boston in 1854. These tools were used first in England and then here; this may account for the fancy shape of their handles that you spoke of... Sincerely yours, Lilias Page Box inventory, 18 August 1971: copper engraving plate, calling card size, blank 1 burin handle designed to accommodate interchangeable points, no point installed 1 burin handle designed to accommodate interchangeable points, a triangular point installed 1 burin handle designed to accommodate interchangeable points, a lozenge point installed 15 needle-tipped burin points 18 single- and double-tipped spring steel points set into round brass shafts 3 round sharpened steel points set into wood handles 1 square-X-section wood-handled burin designed to be driven with a mallet 1 burnisher 1 half-round and 3 lenticular files broken wooden burin handle 16 broken or otherwise damaged burins and pieces of steel 2 sections of brass rod 2 small pieces of stone (whetstones?) Exhibition History 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 03/21/2022 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
