Object Number 1976.0056

Object Name

Print (Line engraving)

Title

View of Fair Mount Water Works

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Cephas G. Childs (Engraver and publisher)
1793-1871

Thomas Doughty (Painter)
1793-1856

Place of Origin

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

Date

1820-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Engraved by C.G. Childs.
2. Inscription; Lower left, beneath image; Painted by Tho.\s Doughty.

Subjects

City view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Engraved, Etched, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

17 (H) , 21.5 (W) , 15.4 (Image H) , 19.4 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.2 (H) , 54.5 (W) , 15.4 (Image H) , 19.4 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Trimmed within plate mark. H and W at maximum.

Publisher Summary

Childs, Cephas G.

Place of Publication

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

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• Print listed as cat. no. 58, pp.44-45.
[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.
• Print listed as cat. no. 333.