Philadelphia From the Ship House in the Navy Yard looking up the River Delaware.
New York: James E. Betts, 1836. Aquatint, engraved and hand-colored by J. Hill (475 x 620 mm). Framed. Provenance: Martin P. Snyder. considered by snyder to be “the most beautiful engraved view of the city.” "In 1836 Hill issued two more large Philadelphia aquatints which, with that of the Water Works, many consider the finest examples of Philadelphia views. Made from drawings by his son John William Hill one is a most unusual scene in which onlookers reclining on the roof of the Navy Yard ship house see the city along the Delaware River spread out below them … The scene along the Delaware has been described as perhaps the most beautiful engraved view of the city" (Snyder). Snyder, MOA 633.
Philadelphia From the Ship House in the Navy Yard looking up the River Delaware.
New York: James E. Betts, 1836. Aquatint, engraved and hand-colored by J. Hill (475 x 620 mm). Framed. Provenance: Martin P. Snyder. considered by snyder to be “the most beautiful engraved view of the city.” "In 1836 Hill issued two more large Philadelphia aquatints which, with that of the Water Works, many consider the finest examples of Philadelphia views. Made from drawings by his son John William Hill one is a most unusual scene in which onlookers reclining on the roof of the Navy Yard ship house see the city along the Delaware River spread out below them … The scene along the Delaware has been described as perhaps the most beautiful engraved view of the city" (Snyder). Snyder, MOA 633.
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