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Map (Line engraving)
Plan/ of/ WILMINGTON/ and its/ ENVIRONS
1800-1805
Category
Prints and Maps
Place of Origin
Wilmington; Delaware; New Castle; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1959.1388
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.1388
Object Name
Map (Line engraving)
Title
Plan/ of/ WILMINGTON/ and its/ ENVIRONS
Category
Prints and Maps
Place of Origin
Wilmington; Delaware; New Castle; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1800-1805
Subject(s)
- Building view
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Etched
- Engraved
- Line engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
27.2 (H) x 19.2 (W) x 26.5 (Image H) x 18.2 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
69.2 (H) x 48.8 (W) x 67.3 (Image H) x 46.2 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom.
Place of Publication
Wilmington, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Coloring
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 303, pp. 430-431.Book: Hoffecker, Carol E. 1974 Wilmington, Delaware: Portrait of an Industrial City, 1830-1910.
• See pp. 1-17.