Object Number 1969.0413.005 A

Object Name

Print (Aquatint)

Title

VIEW BY MOONLIGHT, NEAR FAYETTEVILLE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison

Creator (Role)

John Hill (Aquatinter and etcher)
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

1819-1820

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 title; Published by M. Carey & Son Philadelphia.

Subjects

Genre scene; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Aquatint, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

17.4 (H) , 13.7 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 10.1 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

44.1 (H) , 34.8 (W) , 12.8 (Image H) , 10.1 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 15.0 in. (38.1 cm). Plate W: 11.7 in. (29.7 cm). H at left. W at bottom.

Publisher Summary

M. Carey & Son

Place of Publication

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

State

I

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

State I, before the address of Thomas T. Ash, Philadelphia (publisher).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[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.46, p.22.