"The East Prospect of The City of Philadelphia"

1761

Measurements

10 in x 23-1/4 in (sight, 7-3/4 in x 20-7/8 in)

Materials

Hand-colored ink on laid paper

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3603

Inscription

"The East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia in the Province of Pennsylvania." is printed within a banner across the top of the image.  Inset images in each top corner are entitled "the State House" and "the Battery".  "Engraved for the London Magazine." is printed along the very top of the image in the center.

Condition Notes

The print exhibits some toning.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The panoramic view of Philadelphia extends from South Street at the left to Vine Street on the right with the new spire of Christ Church in the center.  The numbers accompanying each prominent building are keyed to text in the London Magazine of October 1761 for which this engraving was made. The engraving is a small, fold-out version of the 1752 view drawn by George Heap (1715-1752) and published in 1754 by Nicolas Scull in London.