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On Display: House - Belle Isle Stair Hall, Upper
Print (Line engraving)
To His Excellency James Glen, Esq. Governor.../ ...This Prospect of CHARLES-TOWN is most humbly Inscrib'd...
Bishop Roberts, William Henry Toms, B. Roberts & W. H. Toms
June 9 1739 (1739-1739)
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Bishop Roberts (Draftsman)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Museum Object Number
1957.0532 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0532 A
Object Name
Print (Line engraving)
Title
To His Excellency James Glen, Esq. Governor.../ ...This Prospect of CHARLES-TOWN is most humbly Inscrib'd...
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Bishop Roberts (Draftsman); William Henry Toms (Engraver); B. Roberts & W. H. Toms (Publisher)
Place of Origin
London; London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Origin Notes
Plate engraved and printed in London.
Secondary Place of Origin
Charleston; South Carolina; Charleston; South; United States; North America
Secondary Origin Notes
Roberts completed his drawing in Charleston.
Date
June 9 1739 (1739-1739)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom left
Inscription: B. Roberts Delin.
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right
Inscription: W.H. Toms sculp.
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right
Inscription: Published according to Act of Parliament by/ B. Roberts & W. H. Toms June 9, 1739._
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- City view
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (laid)
Techniques
- Line engraved
- Etched
Dimensions (inches)
19.6 (H) x 54.9 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
49.7 (H) x 139.5 (W)
Measurement Notes
OH at left. OW at bottom. Measurements of left section: H (at left) 16.9 in. (49.7 cm); W (at bottom): 27.4 in. (69.7 cm). Measurements of right section: H (at left) 16.9 in. (49.8 cm); W (at bottom): 27.5 in. (69.8 cm). Chain intervals: 2.8 cm; 9 laid lines per cm.
Publisher Summary
B. Roberts & W. H. Toms
Publisher Date
06/09/1739
Place of Publication
London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Publisher Name
B. Roberts & W. H. Toms
Edition State
I
Edition Watermark
Lily in crowned shield; countermark: "IV"
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1991 To Please Every Taste: Eighteenth-Century Prints from the Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 5, pp. 46-47.Book: Fowble, E. McSherry. 1987 Two Centuries of Prints in America, 1680-1880 : A Selective Catalogue of the Winterthur Museum Collection.
• Published: no. 20, pp. 65-66.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. 17, p. 18.Article: Richards, Nancy E. 10//1971 The print collection at Winterthur, Part I. Antiques. 100 (4): 586-590.
• Published: fig. 3, p. 588.Book: Lixl, Andreas. 2009 Memories of Carolinian Immigrants: Autobiographies, Diaries, and Letters from Colonial Times to the Present.