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- Title:
An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pensylvania, in North America, taken from the Jersey Shore...
- Date:
- 1778
- Medium:
- Line engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/4 × 18 inches (31.1 × 45.7 cm), Plate: 11 × 16 7/8 inches (27.9 × 42.9 cm), Image: 9 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (24.1 × 41.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered lower center: "An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pensylvania, in North America; taken from the Jersey Shore."; lower left to lower right: "1. Christ Church | 2. State House | 3. Academy | 4. Presbyterian Church | 5. Dutch Calvinist Church | 6. the Court House | 7. Quakers Meeting House | 8. High Street Wharf | 9. Mulberry Street | 10. Sassafras Street | 11. Vine Street | 12. Chesnust Street | 13. Draw Bridge | 14. Corn Mill | The other Streets are not to be | seen from the point of Sight."; lower center: "Printed for and Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1995.13.6
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boats | boats | churches | cityscape | marine art | sails | ships
- Associated Places:
- Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | United States of America
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4643
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