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2021-55, Print
Baltimore in 1752
2021-55, Print

Baltimore in 1752

Date1817
After work by John Moale
Engraver William Strickland
OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
MediumAquatint on laid paper
DimensionsFramed: 26 1/2 × 36in.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, The Friends of Colonial Williamsburg Collections Fund
Object number2021-55
DescriptionLower margin reads: "BALTIMORE IN 1752,/ From a Sketch then made by John Moale Esq.r deceased, corrected by the late/ Daniel Bowley Esq.r from his certain recollection and that of other aged/ persons well acquainted with it; when he compared Notes."/ (The Writing by H.S. Tanner)"
Label TextThis print is roughly based on John Moale's unfinished watercolor sketch, now in the Maryland Center for History and Culture, is thought to be the earliest depiction of Baltimore. In 1752, Baltimore had yet to witness the boom it would experience within the next decade. By 1760, it had 1200 residents.