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Print (Aquatint)
PICTURESQUE/ VIEWS of/ AMERICAN/ SCENERY./ 1820.
John Hill, Joshua Shaw, M. Carey & Son
1820
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Hill (Aquatinter)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Museum Object Number
1958.2067 A
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.2067 A
Object Name
Print (Aquatint)
Title
PICTURESQUE/ VIEWS of/ AMERICAN/ SCENERY./ 1820.
Category
Prints and Maps
Creator (Role)
John Hill (Aquatinter); Joshua Shaw (Painter); M. Carey & Son (Publisher)
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower right, beneath image
Inscription: Engraved by J. Hill.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower left, beneath image
Inscription: Painted by J. Shaw.
Type: Inscription
Location: Lower center, beneath image
Inscription: PHILADELPHIA Published by M. CAREY & SON,
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Landscape
Materials
- Ink
- Watercolor
- Paper (wove)
Techniques
- Aquatint
- Etched
- Hand colored
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
13.7 (H) x 17.2 (W) x 8.1 (Image H) x 12.9 (Image W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
34.7 (H) x 43.7 (W) x 20.6 (Image H) x 32.8 (Image W)
Measurement Notes
Plate H: 9.7 in. (24.6 cm). Plate W: 14.4 in. (36.5 cm). H and W at maximum.
Publisher Summary
M. Carey & Son
Publisher Date
01/01/1820
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Publisher Name
M. Carey & Son
Coloring
Hand colored with translucent watercolors
Edition Notes
Title page for Picturesque Views of American Scenery. (Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1820).
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. 275, p. 393.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. 84, p. 37.Book: 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.
• Print listed as no. 37.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 series listed as nos. 644-662.Book: Stokes, I. N. Phelps & Haskell, Daniel Carl. 1932 American Historical Prints: Early Views of American Cities, Etc.
• See p. 60.