Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)
A group of printed images of varying sizes, bound together. Created to illustrate a published volume of Baron Klinckström's Letters about the United States, written during his travels 1818-20 and published in Stockholm by Eckstein in 1824.
1: Title page with vignette inscribed: "Presidentens i de Förente Staterna Residence i Washington"
2: List of illustrations (1-19) [numbers do not fully coincide with the prints in the MMA album: 1&2 on the list are missing, and a printed letter not on the list has been added]
3: Map of the Northern Section of the United States including Canada, by John Melish, 1816.
4: Map of the Southern Section of the United States, including Florida, by John Melish.
5: Street plan of Philadelphia.
6: Third Street, Philadelphia: View of Mr. Kensie's wholesale and retail saddlery and coach-harness warehouse
7: Gerard's Bank, Philadelphia.
8: Bridge over the Schuylkill, near Philadephia.
9: Wings of the Capitol in Washington DC., under construction.
10: Sketch of James Ward's painting in Mr. Earle's Gallery, Philadelphia.
11: Letter on pumping mechanisms.
12: Illustration of pumping mechanisms.
13: Map of New York Bay and surrounding land.
14: View of Lower Broadway from St. Paul's Chapel.
15: Typical wooden house from New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania.
16: Steamboat Chancellor Livingston, cross section and elevation.
17: Overhead view of a Ruined fort in Tennessee.
18: New York City from Brooklyn, Long Island.
19: Hoboken Opposite New York.
1: Title page with vignette inscribed: "Presidentens i de Förente Staterna Residence i Washington"
2: List of illustrations (1-19) [numbers do not fully coincide with the prints in the MMA album: 1&2 on the list are missing, and a printed letter not on the list has been added]
3: Map of the Northern Section of the United States including Canada, by John Melish, 1816.
4: Map of the Southern Section of the United States, including Florida, by John Melish.
5: Street plan of Philadelphia.
6: Third Street, Philadelphia: View of Mr. Kensie's wholesale and retail saddlery and coach-harness warehouse
7: Gerard's Bank, Philadelphia.
8: Bridge over the Schuylkill, near Philadephia.
9: Wings of the Capitol in Washington DC., under construction.
10: Sketch of James Ward's painting in Mr. Earle's Gallery, Philadelphia.
11: Letter on pumping mechanisms.
12: Illustration of pumping mechanisms.
13: Map of New York Bay and surrounding land.
14: View of Lower Broadway from St. Paul's Chapel.
15: Typical wooden house from New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania.
16: Steamboat Chancellor Livingston, cross section and elevation.
17: Overhead view of a Ruined fort in Tennessee.
18: New York City from Brooklyn, Long Island.
19: Hoboken Opposite New York.
Artwork Details
- Title: Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Förente Staterne (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818–20)
- Designer: Axel Klinckowström (Swedish, 1775–1837)
- Etcher: Aquatints by Carl Fredrik Akrell (Swedish, 1779–1868)
- Designer: Maps by John Melish (British (born Scotland), 1771–1822 Philadephia, Pennsylvania)
- Date: 1824
- Medium: Etching, aquatint, engraving, lithograph, letterpress
- Dimensions: 17 1/2 × 22 1/16 × 3/8 in. (44.4 × 56 × 1 cm)
- Classifications: Albums, Books, Prints
- Credit Line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
- Object Number: 24.90.1965(1-19)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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