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British 18th Century, after George Heap

The East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia, in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1761

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Medium

engraving on laid paper

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

Accession Number

2018.44.49

Artists / Makers

British 18th Century (artist)

George Heap (artist after) American, active 1714 - 1752

London Magazine (publisher)

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Inscription

upper center in plate: Engraved for the London Magazine

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Gerdts, William H., Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

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

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