Print (Engraving)

Museum Object Number 1961.0009 A

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

VIEW OF THE WATER WORKS AT CENTRE SQUARE PHILADELPHIA.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John James Barralet (Draftsman)

Cornelius Tiebout (Engraver)

H. Quig (Publisher)

Date of Birth

1747c. 1773

Date of Death

18151832

Place of Origin

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

Date

1839-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; J. J. Barralet del.\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; C. Tiebout sculp.\t
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by H. Quig No. 9 George St. above 6..\th St.

Subjects

Landscape; Building view

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line Etched with burin work

Dimensions (inches)

15.9 (H) , 23.1 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 20 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.4 (H) , 58.7 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 20 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH near right. OW at center. No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Quig, H.

Place of Publication

No. 9 George Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

State

III or later

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

According to Stauffer, this view of the waterworks is a later state. The removal of the figure in the right foregound makes this example a third or later state.

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. 286, pp. 406-07.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• No. 3234
[Book] Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• See p.35, no.40.