• Title
  Panorama of Baltimore, Md., U.S.A., 1831 / drawn by Jacob Janssen
• Creator
  Jacob Janssen, 1779-1856
• Call number
  SAFE/XV99/USA/1
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1831
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  441739
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on 4 sheets - 27.4 x 275.9 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Jacob Janssen, painter was born in 1779 in Elbing, Prussia. He spent time in the U.S.A., South America, India and Singapore before arriving in Australia on the 'Louisa Campbell' in December 1840. Reference: Jacob Janssen - Memorandum book, 1807-1849?, B 985.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Untitled, however identified as Baltimore from street key along upper edge of painting in pencil. Street Key: A. York St, B. Hughes St, C. Light St, D. Calvert St, E. South St, F. Commerce St. Reference: Plan of the city of Baltimore compiled from actual survey by Fielding Lucas, Jr., 1822. Viewed online at Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington website. In addition, Janssen was known to be on the eastern seaboard of the United States that year and to have visited Baltimore (see his Memorandum book, 1807-1849? at B 985, pp. 104-105). Some of the buildings are similar to those found in 'A guide to Baltimore architecture' by John R. Dorsey, Maryland, Tidewater Publishers, 1973. N917.522043/1 and 'Baltimore: the building of an American city' by Sherry H.Olson, Baltimore, John Hopkins University Press, 1980. NQ975.26/1
  On verso of the last section is a pencil outline of the portion of panorama on the third section.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 1071042
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed and dated at lower right in ink 'J.Janssen, 1831'
• Subject
  Grand Vistas - Panoramas from the collection.
  
• Topic
  buildings, structures & establishments
  cattle
  harbours
  paddle steamers
  panoramic views
  sailing ships
  city & town views
  
• Place
  Baltimore (Md.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Grand Vistas - Panoramas from the collection - State Library of New South Wales (27 May, 2022 - 16 April, 2023)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3217645

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