Details
Creator Haines, D., artist.
Title Pyne Point Mansion [graphic] / Haines.
Publisher [New Jersey]
Publisher N.J. 1890
Date [1890]
Physical Description 1 drawing : pencil ; sheet 28 x 43 cm (11 x 17 in.)
Description Pencil drawing showing the one-story residence with two-and-one-half-story addition, known as Cope House, originally built in 1695 in Camden above the Delaware River. Leafless trees line the property. The dwelling was acquired by first Camden settler William Cooper's son Joseph in 1709. The addition was built for Joseph's son Isaac before 1785. William Cooper settled in Camden circa 1680s and named the adjacent land to his residence Pyne Ponte because of the numerous pine trees.
Notes Title written on recto.
Date inferred from inscription on recto: 1890.
Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell.
See complementary drawings depicting Camden views, Doret & Mitchell Collection - Drawings & Watercolors [P.2018.62.7-9 and 11-12].
Subject Cooper, Joseph, 1691-1749 -- Homes and haunts.
Cope House (Camden, N.J.)
Pyn Poynte Mansion (Camden, N.J.)
Dwellings -- New Jersey -- Camden.
Geographic subject Camden (N.J.) -- Pictorial works.
Genre Drawings -- 1880-1890.
Pencil works -- 1880-1890.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *Doret and Mitchell Collection - Watercolors & Drawings [P.2018.62.10]
Accession number P.2018.62.10