Item Types Engraving

A type of art popular during the 18th century, it features a design cut into a metal or wood surface and then inked and printed on paper.

New Lutheran Church in Fourth Street, Philadelphia

Arch Street, with the Second Presbyterian Church, 1800

Arch Street Ferry, Philadelphia

The City and Port of Philadelphia on the River Delaware from Kensington, 1800

Race Bridge, Fair Mount Water Works, 1834 (Graff05.63)

Race Bridge, Fairmount Water Works, 1834

View of Fairmount Water Works, ca. 1827

Penn's Treaty with the Lenape

Penn’s Treaty with the Indians (Watson’s Annals)

Penn landing at Chester

Penn landing at Chester (Watson’s Annals)

Pegg's Run

Pegg’s Run, Northern Liberties (Watson’s Annals)

Benezet House Clarke Hall Chestnut St. Bridge

Benezet House, Clarke’s Hall, and Chestnut St. Bridge (Watson’s Annals)

Dock Creek Watson's Annals

Drawbridge and Dock Creek, Watson’s Annals

Dock Creek and Blue Anchor Inn

Penn Landing at Blue Anchor, from Watson’s Annals