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Genre/Form: | Certificates Engravings Autographs Pictorial works |
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Named Person: | Benjamin Guild; John Hunter, Mrs.; John Lowell; Benjamin Guild; John Lowell |
Material Type: | Graphic, Original artwork, Picture |
Document Type: | Visual material, Archival Material |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John Lowell; Benjamin Guild; Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. |
OCLC Number: | 489206466 |
Notes: | Signed by John Lowell, President, and Benjamin Guild, Secretary of the Society. Printed at lower edge of certificate: "This testimonial of merit, will, it is hoped, stimulate others to imitate the laudable example of the successful candidate, and encourage him to still greater efforts." Date inscribed on certificate and refers to the date certificate was awarded. The engraving was used by the Society as early as 1819. |
Description: | 1 print on paper : engraving, b&w ; sheet 43 x 34 cm., mount 43 x 35 cm. |
Abstract:
An award certificate issued by the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture and presented to Mrs. John Hunter in October of 1825 for a second premium for blankets exhibited at the Brighton Show. An engraving, with the words "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" and a picture of the Massachusetts state seal, a cornucopia, a plow, and other agriculture implements, is printed at the top of the certificate.
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