Vue de Philadelphie
Datec. 1776
Geography
Published -
Germany
Medium/TechniqueInk and watercolor on paper; hand-colored etching
DimensionsOverall (H x W): 12 3/8 in. x 16 3/4 in. (31.43 cm x 42.55 cm)
Credit LineGift: Jess and Grace Pavey Fund, 2003
Object numberPrint-5449/RP-1012
DescriptionThis print is a cityscape of Philadelphia from the vantage point of the water. It includes images of ships, buildings, and figures in the foreground of sailors. MarkingsPritned in ink above the upper-left corner of the image: "Collection des Propects".
Printed in ink above the image, centered: "Vue de Philadelphie.".
Printed in ink below the bottom-right corner of the image: "Grave par Balth Frederic Leizelt".
Printed in ink below the bottom-left side of the image: "Philadelphia. / Die Haupt Stadt der Nord-Americanischen Provinz Pensylvanien / sie ist vom William Penn (dem Carroll II Konig in Engelland, / die ganze Provinz geschencket hatte) im Iahr 1682. zwischen / 2. Schiffreichen Fliissen angelegt und defswegen Philadelphia genen, / net worde, weil die Einwohner in Bruderlicher Eingkeit daselbst lebe follen.".
Pritned in ink below the bottom-right side of the image: "Philadelphie. / La Ville CApitale de Pensylvanie Province Nord-Americaine, / William Penn, a qui Charles II Roi d'Angleterre donna cette / Province entiere la planta en 1682 entre deux fleuves navi- / gables et l'apella Philadelphie, parceque les habitans y vi- / voient dans une Harmonie fraternelle.".
Printed in ink on the bottom edge of the sheet, centered: "Se vend a Augsbourg au Negoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d'Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privelege de Sa Majeste Imperiale et avec defense ni d'en faire ni de vendre les Copies.".
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1778
1650-1775
