Title
[George Town and Federal City or City of Washington].
Creator
Cartwright, Thomas (Printmaker), printmaker.
Publication details
[London and Philadelphia] : [Atkins & Nightingale], [June 1 1801]
Physical details
1 print : hand-coloured aquatint and etching ; sheet 41.8 x 58.1 cm (trimmed below platemark), on support 56.5 x 74.2 cm
Description
A man carrying a sack and a stick sits with his dog by a road in the foreground; trees on both sides, sailing ships and George Mason's Island (now Theodore Roosevelt Island) on the Potomac River, Georgetown at left and Washington seen from the North-West in the distance at right. Pasted on mount annotated on verso: 'Drawn by G. Beck, Philadelphia / Engraved by J. Cartwright, London / Published June 1st. 1801, by Atkins and Nightingale No. 143 Leadenhall Street, London, and No. 35, North Front Street, Philadelphia. / George Town & Federal City or City of Washington'.
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Other persons
Beck, George, 1748 or 1749-1812, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.122.35.11.TAB.PORTFOLIO.