Object Number 1957.0501 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A View of the House of Employment, Alms-house, Pennsylvania Hospital, & part of the City of Philadelphia

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

James Hulett (Engraver)-1771

Nicholas Garrison (Draftsman)
1701-1781
Not in ULAN.

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Origin Notes

Plate engraved by Hulett in London.

Secondary Place of Origin

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

Secondary Origin Notes

View sketched by Garrison in Philadelphia.

Date

1767-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Nic. Garrison delin\t
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; J. Hulett sculp.

Subjects

Building view; City view

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

14.1 (H) , 28.5 (W) , 11.4 (Image H) , 27 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.7 (H) , 72.5 (W) , 11.4 (Image H) , 27 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 13.75 in. (34.9 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 28.4 in. (72.1 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8-2.9 cm; 9-10 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

Countermark at lower right for Pieter van der Ley

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. 284, pp. 403-4.
[Book] Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962. 99 p.
• Published: no. 61, p. 32.
[Article] Richards, Nancy E. 10//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part I. Antiques. 100 (4): 586-590.
• Published: fig. no. 4, p. 589.
[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 122.