An engraving of an advertisement for a mathematical instrument company, with a decorative frame featuring examples of instruments surrounding the text.
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An engraving of an advertisement for a mathematical instrument company, with a decorative frame featuring examples of instruments surrounding the text. At the top of the frame, there is a telescope, microscope, protractors, and scales surrounding the image of a globe, encased in a separate frame. At the bottom left and right, two nude male children hold various equipment. At the bottom center, there is a compass.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.642
People
W. Cole, British
Title
Thomas Ripley & Co.
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/374347

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 22.7 × 18.2 cm (8 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: bottom half, in plate: Thomas Ripley & Co: / at their Manufactory / No. 364 near Hermitage Bridge, / below the Tower, / London. / Makes & Sells all sorts of Mathematical and / Optical Instruments for Sea & Land, Viz: Hadley / & Davis's Quadrants, Azimuth Compaƒses, and / Steering Compaƒses in Wood & Braƒs, Gunters Scales / Sliding Gunters, Rules of all sorts for Measuring & / Gauging, Cases of Instruments, Plain Compaƒses, / Drawing Pens, Pencils, Globes of various Sizes, all / Sorts of Telescopes, Microscpes, Spectacles & Reading Glaƒs's, / with various other Instruments not here mentioned. / N. B. Navigation Books & Sea Charts
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: PJ
  • inscription: verso, lower right center, graphite: PJ

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Valerie Jackson-Harris, London], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.642
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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