HEAP, GEORGE. AN EAST PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,.... LONDON: CARRINGTON BOWLES, C. 1778

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 USD

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Description

An East Perspective View of the City of Philadelphia,.... London: Carrington Bowles, c. 1778

Copperplate engraved city view, fully hand-colored in old gouache with watermark of "Gaylord" and watercolor (290 x 440 mm). Matted and framed by Lowy in a period English frame with original cast brass spandrels.

Provenance

W. Graham Arader III, 1991;
Frame: Lowy, December 1991;
Vogel Collection no. 545 and 562.

Catalogue Note

Denoting 14 points of interest, the present is the first state of this rare view, depicting the city as it was in 1735.