Object Number 1977.0124

Object Name

Print (Lithograph)

Title

View of Lancaster, South by South-west.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

C. S. Getz (Draftsman)
c. 1822

M. S. Weaver (Lithographer)

Thomas S. Sinclair (Printer)
c. 1805-1881
References: Peters, America on Stone. Listed in Philadelphia city directories: 1839 Blackberry Alley above Locust Street 1840-50 79 South 3rd Street 1851-57 101 Chesnut Street 1858-64 311 Chesnut StreeT, and 506 & 508 North Street; also William Sinclair 1865-89 311 Chesnut Street

Place of Origin

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

Date

1840-1860

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom right within image; M. S. WEAVER DEL
2. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Des. by C. S. Getz.
3. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Sinclair's Lith.

Subjects

Book illustration; City view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Lithography

Dimensions (inches)

5.1 (H) , 7.9 (W) , 4.11 (Image H) , 6.7 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.9 (H) , 20.1 (W) , 4.11 (Image H) , 6.7 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at top. No plate marks.

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Publication in which this illustration appeared not known.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Rupp, L. Daniel. 1844 History of Lancaster County: To which is prefixed a brief sketch ofthe early history of Pennsylvania.
• Published: Frontispiece