Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by J. Shaw. Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by J. Hill. Inscribed, center bottom margin: VIEW OF THE WISAHICCON, PENNSYLVANIA. | Published by M. Carey & Son Philadelphia.
View on the Wisahiccon, Pennsylvania, 1819
- M. Carey and Son, American
- John Hill, English, 1770-1850
- Joshua Shaw, English, 1776-1860
Aquatint and etching printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper
- Plate: 11 5/8 × 14 7/8 inches (29.5 × 37.8 cm) Sheet: 14 1/4 × 22 inches (36.2 × 55.9 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball
49.369
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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, View on the Wisahiccon, Pennsylvania, 1819, aquatint and etching printed in black ink, colored by hand on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Thomas M. Ball, 49.369.