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Baltimore in 1752 – Historic Print

Baltimore in 1752, [ca. 1815] — historic print
Baltimore in 1752, [ca. 1815]. Historic print from the Baltimore collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A window into the past: Baltimore in 1752, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Here the town is shown as it stood in 1752, but the print was made about sixty years later, around 1815, so it is a reconstruction rather than a view drawn on the spot. It rests on a sketch by John Moale, which Daniel Bowley later corrected, and thirty-one numbered references along the lower margin identify the buildings and sites pictured. In 1752 Baltimore was still a young colonial port, only a few decades removed from its founding, so the sheet preserves a picture of a town in its early growth. The record notes that the plate marks can no longer be made out, a common condition for aquatints of this period.

Created / published[ca. 1815]
Medium1 print : aquatint ; 42.6 x 73.3 cm. (image).
SubjectsThis record contains unverified data from P&AGA catalog and PGA shelflist cards. Associated name on shelflist card: Moale. From a sketch then made by John Moale, Esqr., deceased, corrected by the late Daniel Bowley, Esqr... (the writing by H.S. Tanner). Thirty-one numbered references at bottom. Plate marks indistinguishable. P&AGA card tracings: 1. Maryland--Baltimore; I. Moale, John, 1831-1798.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,011 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-120195

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