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Print (Etching)
An East Perspective View of the CITY of PHILADELPHIA, in the PROVINCE of PENNSYLVANIA, in NORTH AMERICA; taken from the JERSEY Shore.
Carington Bowles, Heap and Scull, John Carwitham
January 1 1778 (1778-1778)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Carington Bowles (Publisher and seller)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1959.1385 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1385 A
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
An East Perspective View of the CITY of PHILADELPHIA, in the PROVINCE of PENNSYLVANIA, in NORTH AMERICA; taken from the JERSEY Shore.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Carington Bowles (Publisher and seller); Heap and Scull (Surveyor and draftsman); John Carwitham (Etcher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
January 1 1778 (1778-1778)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom left
Inscription: Engraved from the Original Drawing sent over from/ Philadelphia, in the possession of Carington Bowles.
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom center
Inscription: Printed for and Sold by CARINGTON BOWLES, at his Map & Print Warehouse, N.\o 69 in S.\t Pauls Church Yard, LONDON. Publish'd as the Act directs
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- City view
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched
- Engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
13.4 (H) x 19.1 (W) x 9.6 (Image H) x 16.3 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
34 (H) x 48.6 (W) x 24.3 (Image H) x 41.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H taken 1¼" from left. W taken 1¾" from bottom. Plate H: 10.9 in. (27.7 cm). Plate W: 16.9 in. (42.9 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8-2.9 cm; 8 laid lines per cm.
Publisher Summary
C. Bowles
Publisher Date
01/01/1778
Place of Publication
No. 69, St. Pauls Church Yard, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
C. Bowles
Edition Watermark
I VILLEDARY
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Edition Notes
Unrecorded state from first issue, four other states known. This impression differs from the four states recorded by Snyder (100, 100A-C) and it is not known where it belongs in relation to those states. Similar to Syder 100B, this impression lacks "38" printed to left of title, but retains the publication date and reference to Bowles' ownership of the original drawing.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 9, pp. 54-5.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 24, pp. 72-3.Book: Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• See no. 13, p. 20.Book: Snyder, Martin P. 1975 City of Independence: Views of Philadelphia Before 1800.
• See Snyder 100, 100A-C, pp. 119-21.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 101.Thesis: Wood, Mary Catherine Lee. 2007 Statuary at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity in Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and a community with a mission. M.A. University of Delaware