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VUE DE PHILADELPHIE
Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt, Franz Xaver Habermann and Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt
1770-1780
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (Engraver)
Place of Origin
Augsburg; Bavaria; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1960.0357.006
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1960.0357.006
Object Name
Print (Engraving)
Title
VUE DE PHILADELPHIE
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (Engraver); Franz Xaver Habermann and Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Augsburg; Bavaria; Germany; Europe
Date
1770-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right
Inscription: Gravé par Balth. Frederic Leizelt
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- City view
- Landscape
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Engraved
- Etched
- Line engraved
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
12.4 (H) x 16.2 (W) x 12 (Image H) x 15.7 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
31.4 (H) x 41.2 (W) x 30.6 (Image H) x 39.8 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Trimmed within platemark.
Publisher Summary
Franz Xaver Habermann and Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt
Place of Publication
Augsburg, Germany, Europe
Publisher Name
Franz Xaver Habermann and Balthasar Friedrich Leizelt
Edition Watermark
"AD" in a heart surmounted by an elongated "4" or Byzantine cross (Eineder, nos. 727-72).
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Edition Notes
From: Collection des Prospects. (Augsburg, Germany), c.1776.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 83, pp.194-195.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 168, pp. 248-249.Book: Snyder, Martin P. 1975 City of Independence: Views of Philadelphia Before 1800.
• See pp.254-255, no. 242.Book: Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• See p.23.