Map (Line engraving)

Museum Object Number 1959.1388

Object Name

Map (Line engraving)

Title

Plan/ of/ WILMINGTON/ and its/ ENVIRONS

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1800-1805

Subjects

Building view

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved, Line engraved, Hand colored

Dimensions (inches)

27.2 (H) , 19.2 (W) , 26.5 (Image H) , 18.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

69.2 (H) , 48.8 (W) , 26.5 (Image H) , 18.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Place of Publication

Wilmington, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 303, pp. 430-431.
[Book] Hoffecker, Carol E. 1974 Wilmington, Delaware: Portrait of an Industrial City, 1830-1910.
• See pp. 1-17.