View of Bethlhem [sic], the Great Moravian Settlement in Province of Pennsylvania.

• Price: $7,000.00
  

  SKU: 38088

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• ARTIST: Thomas Pownall

• PUBLISHER: London Printed for John Bowles,. . .Robert Sayer.. . .Thos. Jefferys, Carrington. . . Bowles and Henry Parker. Engraved by Paul Sandby.

• MEDIUM: Copper-plate engraving,

  DATE: undated, c.1760.

• EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 5/8 x 20 1/8" (32.2 x 51.2 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: This engraving is part of a series of views organized by Thomas Pownall, a British statesman who first came to America in 1753. He was Governor of Massachusetts in 1757 and later of South Carolina in 1760. He also was a talented amateur artist. He organized and encouraged leading print dealers in London to engrave and publish a series of views that were either drawn by himself or by officers of the British Navy and Army. These engravings began with images of sites and events of the French and Indian War (1755 - 1760). Later the views included cities and scenes of various locations from Canada to the Caribbean. Initially, the prints were sold individually or as small groups or parts. Later, the prints were issued and sold as a set, consisting of twenty-eight prints with a title page entitled “Scenographia Americana.” On the market complete sets are extremely rare. This print bears the imprint “Sketch’d on the Spot by his Excellency Governor Pownal, Painted and Engraved by Paul Sandby.”

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects