Atlas til Friherre Klinckowströms Bref om de Forente Staterne (Atlas to accompany Baron Klinckowström's Letters Written on a Journey to the United States, 1818-20)
Designer Axel Klinckowström Swedish
Aquatints by Carl Fredrik Akrell Swedish
Maps by John Melish British, Scottish
Not on view
A group of printed images of varying sizes, bound together. Created to illustrate a published volume of Baron Klinckström's Letters about the United States, written during his travels 1818-20 and published in Stockholm by Eckstein in 1824.
1: Title page with vignette inscribed: "Presidentens i de Förente Staterna Residence i Washington"
2: List of illustrations (1-19) [numbers do not fully coincide with the prints in the MMA album: 1&2 on the list are missing, and a printed letter not on the list has been added]
3: Map of the Northern Section of the United States including Canada, by John Melish, 1816.
4: Map of the Southern Section of the United States, including Florida, by John Melish.
5: Street plan of Philadelphia.
6: Third Street, Philadelphia: View of Mr. Kensie's wholesale and retail saddlery and coach-harness warehouse
7: Gerard's Bank, Philadelphia.
8: Bridge over the Schuylkill, near Philadephia.
9: Wings of the Capitol in Washington DC., under construction.
10: Sketch of James Ward's painting in Mr. Earle's Gallery, Philadelphia.
11: Letter on pumping mechanisms.
12: Illustration of pumping mechanisms.
13: Map of New York Bay and surrounding land.
14: View of Lower Broadway from St. Paul's Chapel.
15: Typical wooden house from New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania.
16: Steamboat Chancellor Livingston, cross section and elevation.
17: Overhead view of a Ruined fort in Tennessee.
18: New York City from Brooklyn, Long Island.
19: Hoboken Opposite New York.