Artist/Maker

Whitfield, George

Place Made

Date Made

1748

Medium

ink –paper

Dimensions

__ __6 3/8 __3 3/16

Accession Number

5860.24

Description

This account of the Bethesda orphan house founded by the evangelical preacher George Whitfield in Savannah, Georgia, in 1740, presents one of the earliest engraved views of an American building. It also includes a second foldout plate with the names of the orphans who lived at the orphanage between 1739 and 1746 and the families to whom they were eventually placed out to learn trades ranging from bricklaying to blacksmithing.

Credit Line

Promised Gift of Thomas A. Gray in honor of Jackie and Tony Montag (TAG 115.2; 12695)