This archival version is an advance order. I don't expect that we'll carry this longer term. We expect to ship this in late February.
In a few weeks we will offer an inexpensive commercial print that will be 11" x 14". When that is available we'll announce it in our weekly Insiders newsletter.
— Lee Wright | Founder
From the label on the map: "A map of Philadelphia and parts adjacent : with a perspective view of the State-House"
Published by George Heap and created by Nicholas Scull in 1752
This map is considered one of the most important 18th-century maps of Philadelphia and its surrounding areas.
On the top, an early sketch of the majestic State House with two banners on each side.
On the left: "“This Building stands in a Square of 396 Feet by 255 Surrounded by a high Wall, the Ground is to be laid out in walks with Rows of Trees. In the Body of the House are two Rooms of 40 Feet Square & 20 Feet high, one for the Assembly, the other for the Supreme Court, between which is an Entry Hall of 40 Feet by 20. [O]n the Second Floor is the Council Chamber and Commette Room with a long Gallery 100 Feet by 20. The Publick Offices are kept in the Wings. It was founded Anno 1732."
On the right: "Anno 1749 the Dwelling Houses in Philadelphia were carefully numbered [counted], and found to be 2076. Other Publick Buildings are, The Court House, two Quaker Meeting Houses, two Presbyterean Meeting Houses, One Church of England, one Baptist meeting, one Dutch Lutheren Church, One Dutch Calvinist Church, one Moravian Church, one Mass House [Roman Catholic], the Academy, the Quakers School House, the City Alms House [for the poor] the Quakers Alms House the Hospital Prison and Work House."
On the lower right hand, "A table of Distances of Particular places within this map Begin at the Court House"
Nicholas Scull II (1687-1761) was the Surveyor General of Pennsylvania from 1748 to 1761. He came from a prominent family of surveyors and mapmakers in colonial Pennsylvania. His father, Nicholas Scull I, was also a surveyor who worked with William Penn.
According to John Brown Carter Library:
"The majestic state house occupies the top third of this first engraved map of the city of Philadelphia.
"While the map was based on the surveys of the city completed by the official city surveyor, George Heap, the rendering of the façade of the state house was drawn by Nicolas Scull. At the time of its drawing, the building was not, in fact, complete, and Heap’s depiction was based on city plans, thus showing it as it would appear in the future. Republished more than any other map of Philadelphia, the map shows the city embedded within a vibrant and dense network of roadways, farms and villages (its ‘Parts Adjacent’) alongside the Delaware River."
Size: 14" x 21"
The archival paper: Printed in the US on fine art grade 230 gsm 100% cotton rag, acid free, archival paper with archival inks.