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A Correct View of the OLD METHODIST CHURCH in John Street N. York/ The first erected in America. Founded A.D. 1768.
Joseph B. and Peter C. Smith, John Hill, Myers and Smith, William and Peter C. Smith
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Joseph B. and Peter C. Smith (Painter)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1972.0146
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1972.0146
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
A Correct View of the OLD METHODIST CHURCH in John Street N. York/ The first erected in America. Founded A.D. 1768.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Joseph B. and Peter C. Smith (Painter); John Hill (Aquatinter and etcher); Myers and Smith (Bookseller); William and Peter C. Smith (Publisher)
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left beneath image
Inscription: I.B. & P.C. Smith Pinx.\t
Type: Inscription
Location: Bottom right
Inscription: Sold by Myers & Smith 59 Fulton Street
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Building view
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Aquatint
- Line Etched
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
13.8 (H) x 16.8 (W) x 11.15 (Image H) x 13.8 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
35.1 (H) x 42.6 (W) x 28.33 (Image H) x 35 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
OH at right. OW at top. Plate H: 12.13 in. (30.82 cm). Plate W: 15.1 in. (38.3 cm).
Publisher Summary
William and Peter C. Smith
Publisher Date
01/01/1824
Place of Publication
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
William and Peter C. Smith
Edition Watermark
none
Coloring
Hand colored with watercolors
Edition Notes
Frontispiece from A Short Historical Account of the Early Society of Methodists Established in the City of New York in the Year 1763 (New York: W. and P.C. Smith, 1824).
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. 292, p. 414Book: Koke, Richard J. 1961 A Checklist of the American Engravings of John Hill (1770-1850), Master of Aquatint, Together with a List of Prints Colored by Him and a List of His Extant Original Drawings.
• Published: no. 97, pp. 44-47, 83.Book: Fielding, Mantle. 1917 American Engravers Upon Copper and Steel: Biographical Sketches and Check-Lists of Engravings. A Supplement to David McNeely Stauffer's American Engravers.
• Print listed as no. 1855.