An East Perspective View of the CITY of PHILADELPHIA, in the PROVINCE of PENNSYLVANIA, in NORTH AMERICA; taken from the JERSEY Shore.
Prints and Maps
Carington Bowles (Publisher and seller)
Heap and Scull (Surveyor and draftsman)
John Carwitham (Etcher)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
1958.0588
Object Number1958.0588 |
Print (Etching)
An East Perspective View of the CITY of PHILADELPHIA, in the PROVINCE of PENNSYLVANIA, in NORTH AMERICA; taken from the JERSEY Shore.
Prints and Maps
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Carington Bowles (Publisher and seller)
1724-1793
Carington Bowles (1724-1793) was trained by his father John Bowles (1701-1779) and they traded together from 1754 to 1764 as John Bowles and Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill. John's brother, Thomas Bowles (1695 or 1712-1767), had a similar business in St. Paul's Churchyard, which Carington took over in 1764 when his uncle retired. Carington and John then began trading separately under their own names. Carington was succeeded by his son Henry Carington Bowles (1763-1830), who printed under the name Bowles and Carver. John was succeeded by Robert Wilkinson.
Heap and Scull (Surveyor and draftsman)
1752-1752
Heap and Scull formed a partnership for the publication of A Map of Philadelphia (published June 4, 1752); it lasted until Heap's death later that same year.
John Carwitham (Etcher)
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
1. Inscription; Bottom left; Engraved from the Original Drawing sent over from/ Philadelphia, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; Printed for and Sold by CARINGTON BOWLES, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.\o 69 in S.\t Pauls Church Yard, LONDON. Publish'd as the Act directs
City view
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (laid)
Etched, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted
11.5 (H) , 17.25 (W) , 9.5 (Image H) , 16.1 (Image W)
29.1 (H) , 43.81 (W) , 9.5 (Image H) , 16.1 (Image W)
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 10.8 in. (27.5 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 16.75 in. (42.54 cm).
Bowles, Carington
No. 69, St. Pauls Church Yard, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
II
Center: "TAYLOR"
Hand colored with watercolors
Possibly second state. Listed under Snyder 100A.
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[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.
• See Déak 101.
[Book] Snyder, Martin P. 1975 City of Independence: Views of Philadelphia Before 1800.
• See Snyder 100A, pp. 119-21.
[Book] Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• See no. 13, p. 20.
[Other] Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation. American Revolution Museum.
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