Object Number 1981.0063

Object Name

Print (Etching)

Title

GREEN HILL,/ The seat of Samuel Meredith Esq.\r near Philadelphia.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Samuel Hill (Engraver)
c.1766-1803

Jacob Hoffman (Draftsman)

Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews (Publisher)
1789-1804

Place of Origin

Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

October 1792 (1792-1792)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; J. Hoffman. Del.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Hill S\c

Subjects

Estate or house view; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Etched, Engraved

Dimensions (inches)

5.63 (H) , 8.04 (W) , 4.3 (Image H) , 6.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

14.29 (H) , 20.42 (W) , 4.3 (Image H) , 6.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at right. W at bottom. Plate H: 4.5 in. (11.5 cm). Plate W: 7.3 in. (18.5 cm). Chain interval: 2.5 cm. Laid lines per cm not measured.

Publisher Summary

Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews

Publication Date

10//1792

Place of Publication

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Watermark

none

Edition Notes

Published in Thaddeus Mason Harris and William Biglow,The Massachusetts Magazine; or, Monthly Museum, vol. 4, no. 10 (October 1792) (Boston, Printed by Isaiah Thomas and Ebenezer T. Andrews [etc.] 1789-1796).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Snyder, Martin P. 1975 City of Independence: Views of Philadelphia Before 1800.
• See p. 155.
[Book] Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• See p.28.