Drawing (Graphite and wash drawing)

Museum Object Number 1956.0080.002

Object Name

Drawing (Graphite and wash drawing)

Title

View of the Second Friends Meeting House, Wilmington, Delaware

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Benjamin Ferris (Draftsman)

Creator Notes

For Ferris' portrait, see 66.18a. Also see Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867), Exercise book and drawings, 1792-1845, Col. 350, Downs Collection, Winterthur Library (finding aid available at http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0350.htm). Ferris was a Quaker, and interested in the welfare of Native Americans.

Date of Birth

08/07/1780

Date of Death

11/09/1867

Place of Origin

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

Date

1838-1845

Subjects

Building view; City view

Materials

Graphite; Wash ; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn

Dimensions (inches)

7.8 (H) , 11.8 (W) , 7 (Image H) , 11.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

19.8 (H) , 30 (W) , 7 (Image H) , 11.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W at maximum.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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