Object Number 1969.0413.006 A

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

"Norfolk; From Gosport, Virginia"

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison

Creator (Role)

Joshua Shaw (Painter)
1776/1777-1860

John Hill (Aquatinter)
1770-1850

M. Carey & Son (Publisher)
1801-1820
Mathew Carey.

Place of Origin

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

Subjects

City view

Materials

Paper (wove); Ink; Watercolor

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

13.74 (H) , 17.559 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.9 (H) , 44.6 (W)

Measurement Notes

Overall measurements of the paper at right side and bottom edge. The plate dimensions are 29.8 cm (H) and 38.1 cm (W), the image measures 24.3 cm (H) by 33.8 cm (W). The thickness is 9 mm. Frame measurements: 50.7 cm. (bottom), 40.18 cm. (left side).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.
• Discussed pp. 213-214.