Print (Aquatint)

Museum Object Number 1960.0358.004

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

A SOUTH WEST VIEW OF SANDERSON'S FRANKLIN HOUSE/ CHESTNUT S.\T PHILADELPHIA.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John Rubens Smith (Designer, draftsman and engraver)

Creator Notes

References: Fowble, Two Centuries of Prints in America, pp. 357-58 & 399. Groce, New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America. (New Haven, 1957), p.589. Stauffer, American Engravers on Copper and Steel, vol. 1, p.252.

Date of Birth

1775

Date of Death

1849

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1844-1845

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; DRAWN & ENGRAVED BY JOHN RUBEN SMITH

Subjects

City view; Building view

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

15.6 (H) , 21.7 (L) , 11.6 (Image H) , 18.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

39.6 (H) , 55.2 (L) , 11.6 (Image H) , 18.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 14.7 in. (37.3 cm). Plate W: 18.3 in. (46.5 cm). H at left. OW at lower right corner (rounded measurements taken 1 cm from bottom. IW at bottom.

Place of Publication

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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. 39, p. 23.
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 249, pp. 357-359.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as cat. no. 2935, p. 495.