Nathaniel Hurd Collection 1750-1777
Nathaniel Hurd (1729/30-1777) was the son of Boston silversmith from whom he learned his trade as a silversmith. In addition to his abilities as an engraver of three-dimensional silver objects, Hurd developed his skills at pictorial engraving, producing a large number of bookplates for Boston's elite and prints that served a number of commercial purposes -- military commissions ordered by the provincial government, trade cards, tables of weights and measures, even an elegant trio of watch papers on a single sheet with portraits of James Wolfe, William Pitt and King George III. He also engraved several important independent prints
Bild, English, 1750