Philip Simms
, Irish, fl.1725-1749
Title
Plan of the city of Jerusalem [...]Datec.1744
MediumEngraving
Dimensions
Plate: 52.3 x 36.8 cm
Sheet: 53.3 x 44 cm
Credit LinePresented, Brian Lalor Print Collection, 2014
Object numberNGI.2014.116
DescriptionPhilip Simms was an engraver working out of Dame Street in the early eighteenth century. He made a number of engravings for the publisher George Faulkner including the frontispiece to volume II of Jonathan Swift’s Poetical Works (1744). This print is an illustration for The Universal History (1744-46), also published by Faulkner. At the time of publication, The Universal History was the largest book ever to be printed in Ireland.Inscriptionupper left: Vol. IV. over against page 145
lower left: P. Simms Sculpt
lower centre: A VIEW OF THE INNER PORCH, ALTER &c. ON THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. De quo vid pag 99