The East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania

1761

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.94 × 51.44 cm (7 1/16 × 20 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 20.32 × 52.71 cm (8 × 20 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.44.49

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Robert McNeil; gift to William and Abigail Gerdts, New York, 1994; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1988

  • Deák, Gloria-Gilda. Picturing America. New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1988: (London Magazine impression discussed in entry 100).

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: Engraved for the London Magazine

Wikidata ID

Q77261126

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