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Print (Line engraving)
View of Fair Mount Water Works
Cephas G. Childs, Thomas Doughty
1820-1830
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
Cephas G. Childs (Engraver and publisher)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1976.0056
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1976.0056
Object Name
Print (Line engraving)
Title
View of Fair Mount Water Works
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
Cephas G. Childs (Engraver and publisher); Thomas Doughty (Painter)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1820-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right, beneath image
Inscription: Engraved by C.G. Childs.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left, beneath image
Inscription: Painted by Tho.\s Doughty.
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- City view
- Landscape
Materials
- Ink
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Engraved
- Etched
- Line engraved
Dimensions (inches)
17 (H) x 21.5 (W) x 15.4 (Image H) x 19.4 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
43.2 (H) x 54.5 (W) x 39 (Image H) x 49.4 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Trimmed within plate mark. H and W at maximum.
Publisher Summary
C. Childs
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
C. Childs
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lane, Christopher W. & Cresswell, Donald H. 1990 Prints of Philadelphia at the Philadelphia Print Shop, featuring the Wohl Collection.
• Print listed as cat. no. 58, pp.44-45.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.
• Print listed as cat. no. 333.