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On Display: House - Centreville Room
Print (Etching)
A View of the House of Employment, Alms-house, Pennsylvania Hospital, & part of the City of Philadelphia
James Hulett, Nicholas Garrison
1767-1780
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
James Hulett (Engraver)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.0501 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0501 A
Object Name
Print (Etching)
Title
A View of the House of Employment, Alms-house, Pennsylvania Hospital, & part of the City of Philadelphia
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
James Hulett (Engraver); Nicholas Garrison (Draftsman)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Plate engraved by Hulett in London.
Secondary Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
View sketched by Garrison in Philadelphia.
Date
1767-1780
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: Nic. Garrison delin\t
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right beneath image
Inscription: J. Hulett sculp.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Building view
- City view
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Etched
- Engraved
Dimensions (inches)
14.1 (H) x 28.5 (W) x 11.4 (Image H) x 27 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
35.7 (H) x 72.5 (W) x 28.9 (Image H) x 68.6 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 13.75 in. (34.9 cm). Plate W (at bottom): 28.4 in. (72.1 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8-2.9 cm; 9-10 laid lines per cm.
Edition Watermark
Countermark at lower right for Pieter van der Ley
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. 284, pp. 403-4.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. 61, p. 32.Article: Richards, Nancy E. 10//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part I. Antiques. 100 (4): 586-590.
• Published: fig. no. 4, p. 589.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 122.