Object Number 1964.1232 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A South East View of the City of New York, in NORTH AMERICA. | Vue du Sud Est de la Ville de New York, dans L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Captain Thomas Howdell (Artist)

Pierre-Charles Canot (Etcher)
1710-1777

John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thomas Jeffertys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center beneath title; Drawn on the SPOT by Cap.\t Thomas Howdell, of the Royal Artillery. Engraved by P. Canot. -
2. Inscription; Bottom center; London Printed for John Bowles at N.\o 13. in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at N.\o 53. in Fleet Street, Tho.\s Jefferys the Corner of S.\t Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at N.\o 69. in S.\t Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at N.\o 82. in Cornhill.

Subjects

City view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched with burin work, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

17.5 (H) , 23.6 (W) , 12.5 (Image H) , 19.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

44.4 (H) , 59.9 (W) , 12.5 (Image H) , 19.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 14.3 in. (36.2 cm). Plate W: 20.8 in. (52.9 cm). Chain interval: 2.7-2.9 cm; 7 laid lines per cm.

Publisher Summary

John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thomas Jeffertys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker

Publication Date

1768

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

State

III

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Published in Scenographia Americana or A Collection of Views in North America and the West Indies... (London: Printed for John Bowles et al., 1768).

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. 26, pp. 74-75
[Book] Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 10, pp.56-57.