Lot 270D email save

HILL, John William. Philadelphia From the Ship Ho

Sign In to see what this sold for

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.

View Bloomsbury Auctions next auction.

Similar lots up for auction