Object Number 1956.0080.002

Object Name

Drawing (Graphite and wash drawing)

Title

View of the Second Friends Meeting House, Wilmington, Delaware

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Benjamin Ferris (Draftsman)
08/07/1780-11/09/1867
For Ferris' portrait, see 66.18a. Also see Benjamin Ferris (1780-1867), Exercise book and drawings, 1792-1845, Col. 350, Downs Collection, Winterthur Library (finding aid available at http://findingaid.winterthur.org/html/HTML_Finding_Aids/COL0350.htm). Ferris was a Quaker, and interested in the welfare of Native Americans.

Place of Origin

Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1838-1845

Subjects

Building view; City view

Materials

Graphite; Wash ; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn

Dimensions (inches)

7.8 (H) , 11.8 (W) , 7 (Image H) , 11.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

19.8 (H) , 30 (W) , 7 (Image H) , 11.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W at maximum.

Watermark

none

Object Description

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