Object Number 1961.0009 A

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

VIEW OF THE WATER WORKS AT CENTRE SQUARE PHILADELPHIA.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

John James Barralet (Draftsman)
1747-1815

Cornelius Tiebout (Engraver)
c. 1773-1832

H. Quig (Publisher)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1839-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; J. J. Barralet del.\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; C. Tiebout sculp.\t
3. Inscription; Bottom center; Published by H. Quig No. 9 George St. above 6..\th St.

Subjects

Landscape; Building view

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Line Etched with burin work

Dimensions (inches)

15.9 (H) , 23.1 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 20 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.4 (H) , 58.7 (W) , 13.1 (Image H) , 20 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

OH near right. OW at center. No plate marks.

Publisher Summary

Quig, H.

Place of Publication

No. 9 George Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

State

III or later

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

According to Stauffer, this view of the waterworks is a later state. The removal of the figure in the right foregound makes this example a third or later state.

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. 286, pp. 406-07.
[Book] Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• No. 3234
[Book] Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• See p.35, no.40.