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1956-226, Print
Reverand George Whitefield, M.A.
1956-226, Print

Reverand George Whitefield, M.A.

Date1768
Maker
After work by
Engraver
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint with line engraving on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 21 7/8 × 16 3/8 in (55.56 × 41.59cm)
Other (Platemark): 18 1/4 × 14 in (46.35 × 35.56cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1956-226
DescriptionLower margin reads: "John Russell pinx.t 1786/ W. Faden Excudit./ Ja,,.s Watson fecit./ The Reverend George Whitelfield, M.A./ Published by JAMES WYLD 5 Charing Cross."Label TextGeorge Whitfield wears black minister’s robes and the distinctive white stock with short bands, or pendants. Clergymen, barristers, and collegians in both England and America wore this type of neckwear to symbolize their occupations. A famous English-born preacher, Whitfield was one of the founders of Methodism in America.ProvenanceBefore 1956, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1956-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
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A PLAN/ OF THE ENTRANCE OF CHESAPEAK BAY,/ with JAMES and YORK RIVERS;
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North American MAPS, &c./ Just Published, by W. FADEN,
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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.
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THE/ PROVINCE of NEW JERSEY,/ Divided into/ EAST and WEST,/ commonly called/ THE JERSEYS.
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