Museum Object Number1956.0503 A |
Map (Engraving)
A/ PLAN/ of the/ City and Environs/ of/ PHILADELPHIA
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Matthew Albert Lotter (Engraver and publisher)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1777
1. Inscription; Lower right of center; Engraved and Published by/ MATTHEW ALBERT LOTTER.
Building view
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
24.75 (H) , 20 (W) , 23.4 (Image H) , 18 (Image W)
62.86 (H) , 50.8 (W) , 23.4 (Image H) , 18 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 23.6 in. (60.0 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 18.7 in. (47.5 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8 cm; 8 laid lines per cm.
Lotter, Matthew Albert
1777
Augsburg, Schwaben, Bavaria, Germany
none
Hand colored with watercolors
Reissue of Scull and Heap's 1752 map, updated.
Text available soon.
[Book] Beckerdite, Luke. 2021 American Furniture 2020.
• Published: p. 125, fig. 6