Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by J. Shaw. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by J. Hill. Inscribed, center bottom margin: NORFOLK; FROM GOSPORT, VIRGINIA. | Published by M. Carey & Son Philadelphia.
Norfolk from Gosport, Virginia, 1819
- M. Carey and Son, American
- John Hill, English, 1770-1850
- Joshua Shaw, English, 1776-1860
Aquatint and etching printed in black ink on wove paper
- Plate: 12 × 15 1/8 inches (30.5 × 38.4 cm) Sheet: 14 3/4 × 22 inches (37.5 × 55.9 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball
49.354
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
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The Rosenbach Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA). 1949-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
John Hill; after Joshua Shaw, Norfolk from Gosport, Virginia, 1819, aquatint and etching printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball, 49.354.