Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The Water Works, in Centre Square Philadelphia.
Call Number
A Middle 31/Drawer 10/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists A-F GA 1998.00022
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcrf55zm96p
Publisher
Neshaminy, Pa. : [s.n.], 1800.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1800
Extent
1 item ; sheet 39 x 49.5 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Anita Schorsch, Princeton University Class of 1983, GS1986.
References
Watson, John F. Annals of Philadelphia. 1879. Westcott, J. Thompson History of Philadelphia 1609-1884.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings, Hand coloring
Depiction: The "Water Works" built in 1769-1800 from designs by Benjamin Latrobe, used until 1815 and demolished between 1827-28.
Campus holdings: Slightly different version of this print is GC1995-75.
Signed in plate, lower margin: "Drawn Engraved & Published by W. Birch & Son Neshaminy Bridge".

Discovery Information

Subject
Landscapes—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—1800
Landscapes—United States—1800
Waterworks—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
Buildings—Pennsylvania—Philadelphia—In art
Landscapes—Middle Atlantic States—1800
Landscapes—Northeastern States—1800
Landscapes—Lake States—1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4ca87dd0-13e8-4469-9be1-b956d3c23df6/manifest