Object Number 1994.0087 A

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

A View of Bethlem, the Great Moravian Settlement in the Province of/ PENNSYLVANIA | Vue de Bethlem principal etablissement des Freves Moraves dans la Province de/ PENNSYLVANIA.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Mr. Charles G. Dorman in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gilpin Dorman

Creator (Role)

Thomas Pownall (Draftsman)
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 and etcher)-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.

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

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1768-1768

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; Sketch'd on the SPOT by his Excellency Governor Pownal, Painted and Engraved by Paul Sandby.
2. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; London, Printed for John Bowles at N.\o 19 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

City view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved, Line engraved

Dimensions (inches)

16.2 (H) , 22.2 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 20.3 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

41.2 (H) , 56.5 (W) , 13.9 (Image H) , 20.3 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 14.4 in. (36.7 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 21.0 in. (53.3 in.). Chain interval: 2.8-2.9 cm; laid line frequency: 9 per cm.

Publisher Summary

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

Publication Date

1768

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Date is of 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

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Robertson, Bruce. 1985 The Art of Paul Sandby.
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