Museum Object Number1957.0501 A |
Print (Etching)
A View of the House of Employment, Alms-house, Pennsylvania Hospital, & part of the City of Philadelphia
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
James Hulett (Engraver)
Nicholas Garrison (Draftsman)
Not in ULAN.
1701
17711781
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Plate engraved by Hulett in London.
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
View sketched by Garrison in Philadelphia.
1767-1780
1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Nic. Garrison delin\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J. Hulett sculp.
Building view; City view
Ink; Paper (laid)
Etched, Engraved
14.1 (H) , 28.5 (W) , 11.4 (Image H) , 27 (Image W)
35.7 (H) , 72.5 (W) , 11.4 (Image H) , 27 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 13.75 in. (34.9 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 28.4 in. (72.1 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8-2.9 cm; 9-10 laid lines per cm.
Countermark at lower right for Pieter van der Ley
Text available soon.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 284, pp. 403-4.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 61, p. 32.
[Article] Richards, Nancy E. 10//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part I. Antiques. 100 (4): 586-590.
• Published: fig. no. 4, p. 589.
[Book] Déak, Gloria-Gilda. 1998 Picturing America, 1497-1899: prints, maps and drawings bearing on the New World discoveries and on the development of the territory that is now part of the United States. 2 vols.
• See Déak 122.