Object Number 1958.2067 A

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

PICTURESQUE/ VIEWS of/ AMERICAN/ SCENERY./ 1820.

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

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; PHILADELPHIA Published by M. CAREY & SON,

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

13.7 (H) , 17.2 (W) , 8.1 (Image H) , 12.9 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

34.7 (H) , 43.7 (W) , 8.1 (Image H) , 12.9 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 9.7 in. (24.6 cm). Plate W: 14.4 in. (36.5 cm). H and W at maximum.

Publisher Summary

M. Carey & Son

Publication Date

1820

Place of Publication

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

Coloring

Hand colored with translucent watercolors

Edition Notes

Title page for Picturesque Views of American Scenery. (Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1820).

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. 275, p. 393.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 84, p. 37.
[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. 37.
[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 series listed as nos. 644-662.
[Book] Stokes, I. N. Phelps & Haskell, Daniel Carl. 1932 American Historical Prints: Early Views of American Cities, Etc.
• See p. 60.