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On Display: House - Centreville Room
Textile, printed (Map)
To the Honourable House of Representatives/ of the Freeman of Pennsylvania/ this Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia/ With the Catalogue of Purchasers is Humbly/ Dedicated by their most Obedient/ Humble Servant/ John Reed
James Smither, John Reed, Thomas Man
1774-1786
Category
Textiles
Creator/Artist/Maker
James Smither (Engraver)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Linen
Museum Object Number
1961.0238
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1961.0238
Object Name
Textile, printed (Map)
Title
To the Honourable House of Representatives/ of the Freeman of Pennsylvania/ this Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia/ With the Catalogue of Purchasers is Humbly/ Dedicated by their most Obedient/ Humble Servant/ John Reed
Category
Textiles
Creator (Role)
James Smither (Engraver); John Reed (Cartographer); Thomas Man (Printer)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1774-1786
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Inscription: ...Dedicated by their most Obedient/ Humble Servant/ John Reed
Type: Inscription
Inscription: James Smither Sculp.
Type: Inscription
Inscription: Printed by Tho: Mann.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Building view
- Native American
- American Indian
Materials
- Ink
- Linen
Techniques
- Engraved
Construction Description
Plain weave linen; 36 warps, 36 wefts per cm; slightly Z spun.
Dimensions (inches)
30.5 (H) x 60.37 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
77.47 (H) x 153.35 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 12, pp. 60-1.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 298, pp. 422-3.Book: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc. & The Walpole Society. 1963 Prints pertaining to America: a list of publications in English, relating to prints about that portion of America now included in the United States with emphasis on the period 1650-1850: and a checklist of prints in an exhibition to commemorate the 1962 fall meeting of the Walpole Society selected from the collection of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 99 p.
• Published: no. 72, p. 35.Book: Stauffer, David McNeely. 1907 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel.
• Print listed as no. 2986, p. 493.Other: Brueckner, Martin. The Object of Maps: Material Culture and Spatial Work in Early America, Workshop.