Object Number 1958.2066 A

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

JONES' FALLS NEAR BALTIMORE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Hill (Aquatinter)
1770-1850

Joshua Shaw (Painter)
1776/1777-1860

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

Place of Origin

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

Date

1820-1822

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Engraved by J. Hill.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Painted by J. Shaw.
3. Inscription; Lower center, beneath image; Published by M. Carey & Son Philadelphia.

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

13.6 (H) , 17.2 (W) , 9.5 (Image H) , 13.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.6 (H) , 43.8 (W) , 9.5 (Image H) , 13.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 11.7 in. (29.8 cm). Plate W: 15.4 in. (39.0 cm). H and W at maximum.

Publisher Summary

M. Carey & Son

Place of Publication

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

State

I

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

Edition Notes

State I of II.

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 276, p. 394.
[Book] Koke, Richard J. 1961 A Checklist of the American Engravings of John Hill (1770-1850), Master of Aquatint, Together with a List of Prints Colored by Him and a List of His Extant Original Drawings.
• Print listed as no. 40.
[Book] Fielding, Mantle. 1917 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel: Biographical Sketches and Check-Lists of Engravings. A Supplement to David McNeely Stauffer's American Engravers.
• Print listed as no. 645.