Object Number 1977.0125

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

View of Columbia, from Wrightsville.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

C. S. Getz (Designer)
c. 1822

M. S. Weaver (Draftsman)

Thomas S. Sinclair (Lithographer)
c. 1805-1881
References: Peters, America on Stone. Listed in Philadelphia city directories: 1839 Blackberry Alley above Locust Street 1840-50 79 South 3rd Street 1851-57 101 Chesnut Street 1858-64 311 Chesnut StreeT, and 506 & 508 North Street; also William Sinclair 1865-89 311 Chesnut Street

Place of Origin

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

Date

1840-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom left of center within image; M. S. WEAVER. DEL.
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Des. by C. S. Getz.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Sinclair's Lith.

Subjects

Book illustration; City view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

5.1 (H) , 7.91 (W) , 4.2 (Image H) , 6.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.9 (H) , 20.08 (W) , 4.2 (Image H) , 6.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at top. No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Publication in which this illustration appeared not known.

Object Description

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