Object Number 1976.0099

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A Design to represent the beginning and completion of an American/ SETTLEMENT or FARM._ | Dessein qui represente la maniere d'etablir et de parachever une Habitation_/ ou FERME AMERICAINE..

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Thomas Pownall (Artist)
1722-02/05/1805
Pownall first arrived in America in 1753 as the private secretary to Sir Danvers Obsorn, Governor of New York. William Pitt appointed him Governor of Massachuetts in 1757, a position he held until transferred to the governorship of South Carolina in February 1760, a position he held only nominally until his return to England in 1760.

Paul Sandby R.A. (Painter)-1809
Paul Sandby's birthdate is given by various sources as 1725 on the authority of his son Thomas. By checking baptismal records, Ball (1985) has established the correct date as 1731.

James Peake (Etcher)
1729-1782

John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thomas Jeffertys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker (Publisher)

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1760-1780

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center beneath title; Painted by Paul Sandby, from a Design made by his Excellency Governor Pownal. Engraved by James Peake.
2. Inscription; Bottom center; London. Printed for John Bowles at N.\o 13. in Cornhill, Robert Sayer at N.\o 53. in Fleet Street, Tho.\s Jefferys the Corner of S.\t Martins Lane in the Strand, Carington Bowles at N.\o 69. in S.\t Pauls Church Yard, and Henry Parker at N.\o 82. in Cornhill.

Subjects

Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched with burin work, Engraved, Hand colored, Painted

Construction Description

The paper is 100-pound weight.

Dimensions (inches)

17.86 (H) , 23.56 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 20.2 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

45.36 (H) , 59.85 (W) , 13.7 (Image H) , 20.2 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H and W at center. Plate H: 14.3 in. (36.4 cm). Plate W: 20.9 in. (53.1 cm). Chain interval: 2.7 cm.

Publisher Summary

John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thomas Jeffertys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Edition Notes

This view was included in the first edition of Scenographia Americana or A Collection of Views in North America and the West Indies... (London: Printed for John Bowles et al., 1768). A second edition was offered by Bennett and Sayer in 1775.

Object Description

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