COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
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JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
C-7211
accession_number
C-7211
Accession Number
false
File Name:
C-7211
file_name
C-7211
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet Cc794 / 3
call_number
Cabinet Cc794 / 3
Call number
false
Map title:
To Thomas Mifflin Governor and Commander in Chief of The State of Pennsylvania This Plan of the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia Is respectfully incribed by The Editor.
map_title
To Thomas Mifflin Governor and Commander in Chief of The State of Pennsylvania This Plan of the City and Suburbs of Philadelphia Is respectfully incribed by The Editor.
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[Philadelphia]
place_of_publication
[Philadelphia]
Place of Publication
false
Publication date:
1794
publication_date
1794
Publication date
false
Map size height:
63.4 cm.
map_size_height
63.4 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
64.3 cm.
map_size_width
64.3 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving
item_description
engraving
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Plan of Philadelphia showing location of roads, wharves, and open land. Cartographic elements include scale and compass rose. Decorative elements include view of the state house, city hall, and Congress Hall, ships, and two allegorical figures of women--one holds a plan of the city, the other holds a cornucopia. They flank a shield with a plow and ship surmounted by a scale of justice. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at upper left.
geographical_description
Plan of Philadelphia showing location of roads, wharves, and open land. Cartographic elements include scale and compass rose. Decorative elements include view of the state house, city hall, and Congress Hall, ships, and two allegorical figures of women--one holds a plan of the city, the other holds a cornucopia. They flank a shield with a plow and ship surmounted by a scale of justice. Items in the image are numbered for identification in key at upper left.
Geographical description
false
References:
Phelps Stokes, I.N. American historical prints, 29; Wheat & Brun, Maps and Charts, no. 462; Phillips, P.L. Maps, 701
references
Phelps Stokes, I.N. American historical prints, 29; Wheat & Brun, Maps and Charts, no. 462; Phillips, P.L. Maps, 701
References
false
Geographic Area:
North America
geographic_area
North America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
This map was drawn by Antoine Pierre Folie, but his name was trimmed from this copy of the map, as were the names of the engravers. This plan appeared in Benjamin Davies, Some account of the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1794.
historical_notes
This map was drawn by Antoine Pierre Folie, but his name was trimmed from this copy of the map, as were the names of the engravers. This plan appeared in Benjamin Davies, Some account of the city of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1794.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1794
normalized_date
1794
Normalized date
false
Creator:
A. Allardice
creator
A. Allardice
Creator
false
Creator:
R. Scot
creator
R. Scot
Creator
false